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Colorado beetle

Colorado beetle. A insect indigenous to Colorado, one of the United States of America, so destructive to vegetables that the (English) Destructive Insects Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 68), was passed to

Animals

of persons guilty of cruelty to domestic or captive animals, and the Court is empowered to order the destruction of the animal where necessary, and to deprive any person convicted of cruelty of the ownership of the

sabotage

[French, from saboter to clatter with wooden shoes, botch, sabotage, from sabot wooden shoe] 1 : the willful destruction of an employer's property or the hindering of normal operations by other means 2 : the injury, destruction,

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Capital offences

the offender is condemned to be hanged. The only crimes now punishable with death are high treason; murder; destruction of H. M. Ships, arsenals, etc. (12 Geo. 3, c. 24); piracy when accompanied by attempted murder [(English)

Siren

an island near the coast of Italy and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction

Ademption

by the testator subsequently giving the child a portion on his or her marriage. See SATISFACTION. Means the destruction or extinction of a legacy or bequest by reason of a bequeathed asset's ceasing to be part of

Arms control

by lessening the possibility of the outbreak of war while reducing in number of country's weapons of mass destruction, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 103.

Benedicta est expositio quando res redimitur a destructione

Benedicta est expositio quando res redimitur a destructione [Lat.], Blessed is the exposition by which anything is saved from destruction.

Biological weapons

specially designated to case such agents or toxins for hostile purposes or in armed conflict. [Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 (21 of 2005), s. 4(a)]

Birth, Concealing

1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 34), s. 2(4), provides similarly upon acquittal upon indictment for child destruction. The offence was first created in connection with the birth of bastards only, and concealment by the mother

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