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Plea

answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed delayed or barred In criminal practice the plea is the defendants formal answer to the indictment or information

Eject

To expel to dismiss to cast forth to thrust or drive out to discharge as to eject a person from a room

Disband

of to set free to disunite to scatter to disperse to break up the organization of especially to dismiss from military service as to disband an army

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Congeacute

The act of taking leave parting ceremony farewell also dismissal

rehearing

rehearing : a reconsideration of a cause (as an appeal) after final decision or dismissal usually by the same tribunal that is usually granted due to some error in the original hearing and

Cashierer

One who rejects discards or dismisses as a cashierer of monarchs

withdraw

-drawn -draw·ing vt 1 : to remove (money) from a place of deposit or investment 2 : to dismiss (a juror) from a jury 3 a : to eliminate from consideration or set outside a category or

tenure

: a status granted to a teacher usually after a probationary period that protects him or her from dismissal except for reasons of incompetence, gross misconduct, or financial necessity te·nur·ial [te-nyr-ē-əl] adj te·nur·ial·ly [-ə-lē] adv

substantive

a matter of substance as opposed to form or procedure [a issue] [the instructions to the jury] [was dismissed on procedural and grounds] compare procedural 2 : affecting rights, duties, or causes of actions [a statutory change]

sua sponte

the court to order a new trial sua sponte "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] [the court's sua sponte dismissal]

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