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Sink

the force of gravity to descend lower and lower to decline gradually to subside as a stone sinks in water waves

Retrogressive

Tending to retrograde going or moving backward declining from a better to a worse state

Passengers

for the general safety; and in the event of their declining, may be punished for disobedience. This principle has been recognized

Refuse

To deny as a request demand invitation or command to decline to do or grant

Omnes licentiam habent his, qu' pro se introducta sunt, renunciare

juri pro se introducto. 2 Inst. 183, (Every person may decline to take advantage of a law made for his own

Railway

made an opportunity of being heard, with the view of declining to make the order or of so modifying it as

Passive resisters

authority in connection with an object of which they disapprove, decline to pay that part of a rate attributable to such

Permissive possession

on being asked to deliver possession, the mortgagee refuses or declines to do so, it would give rise to a cause

Precedent

point, has been strengthened in number, and so strengthened, has declined to follow such prior judgment. See Winyard v. Toogood, (1882)

Public trustee

to the beneficiaries; see s. 5. The Public Trustee may decline to accept any trust, but not on the ground only

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