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Der [fr. dar, Brit.], water....
F'der-feoh
F'der-feoh, the portion brought by a wife to her husband, and which reverted to a widow, in case the heir of her deceased husband refused his consent to her second marriage: i.e., it reverted to her family in case she returned to them, Anc. Inst. Eng....
slander
slander : to utter slander against slan·der·er n n [Anglo-French esclandre, from Old French escandle esclandre scandal, from Late Latin scandalum moral stumbling block, disgrace, from Greek skandalon, literally, snare, trap] 1 : defamation of a person by unprivileged oral communication made to a third party ;also : defamatory oral statements 2 : the tort of oral defamation [sued his former employer for ] compare defamation, false light, libel NOTE: An action for slander may be brought without alleging and proving special damages if the statements in question have a plainly harmful character, as by imputing to the plaintiff criminal guilt, serious sexual misconduct, or conduct or a characteristic affecting his or her business or profession. slan·der·ous [slan-də-rəs] adj slan·der·ous·ly adv slan·der·ous·ness n ...
secondary
secondary 1 : of second rank, status, importance, or value 2 : derived from something original or primary 3 : of, relating to, or being the second order or stage in a series sec·ond·ar·i·ly [se-kən-der-ə-lē] adv sec·ond·ar·i·ness [se-kən-der-ē-nəs] n ...
beneficiary
beneficiary pl: -ries : a person or entity (as a charity or estate) that receives a benefit from something: as a : the person or entity named or otherwise entitled to receive the principal or income or both from a trust compare settlor, trustee contingent beneficiary : a beneficiary that may receive proceeds from a trust depending on the occurrence of a specified event (as the death of another beneficiary) income beneficiary : a beneficiary that according to the provisions of a trust is to receive income but not the principal of the trust NOTE: A trust may provide for income to be paid to someone (as a spouse) for his or her lifetime and then for payment of the principal to another person. A trustee is sometimes allowed to distribute some of the principal of the trust to an income beneficiary when necessary for the support of the beneficiary if support of the beneficiary was the purpose of the trust. b : the person or entity named by the insured of a life insurance policy to r...
bid
bid bid bid·ding vt : to offer (a price) for payment or acceptance vi : to make a bid : state what one will pay or take in payment [a contractor bidding for a job] bid·der n n 1 : the act of one who bids 2 a : a statement of what one will pay for something b : a statement of what one (as a contractor) will charge for something (as supplies or labor) 3 : an opportunity to bid ...
gerrymander
gerrymander [Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) + salamander; from the shape of an election district formed during Gerry's governorship of Massachusetts] 1 : the act or method of gerrymandering 2 : a district or pattern of districts varying greatly in size or population as a result of gerrymandering vt -dered -der·ing 1 : to divide (a territorial unit) into election districts to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible 2 : to divide (an area) into political units to give special advantages to one group [ a school district] ...
pain
pain 1 : punishment 2 a : physical discomfort associated with bodily disorder (as disease or injury) b : acute mental or emotional suffering pain·less adj pain·less·ly adv on pain of or un·der pain of : subject to penalty or punishment of [ordered not to leave the country on pain of death] ...
render
render 1 : to transmit to another : deliver 2 : to furnish for consideration, approval, or information: as a : hand down [ a judgment] b : to agree on and report (a verdict) compare enter 3 : to give in acknowledgment of dependence or obligation : make payment of 4 : to direct the execution of [ justice] ren·der·able adj ...
search
search 1 : an exploratory investigation (as of an area or person) by a government agent that intrudes on an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy and is conducted usually for the purpose of finding evidence of unlawful activity or guilt or to locate a person [warrantless es are invalid unless they fall within narrowly drawn exceptions "State v. Mahone, 701 P.2d 171 (1985)"] see also exigent circumstances, plain view probable cause at cause, reasonable suspicion search warrant at warrant compare seizure NOTE: The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and requires that a warrant may issue only upon probable cause and that the warrant must particularly describe the place to be searched. Some searches, such as a search incident to an arrest, have been held to be valid without a warrant. administrative search : an inspection or search carried out under a regulatory or statutory scheme esp. in public or commercial premises and usually to enf...
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