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purpose

purpose : an objective, effect, or result aimed at or attained ;specif : the business activity in which a corporation is chartered to engage pur·pose·ful [-fəl] adj pur·pose·ful·ly adv pur·pose·ful·ness n ...

retainer

retainer [Anglo-French retener act of engaging or employing, from retener retenir to engage, retain] 1 : the act of a client by which the services of a lawyer are engaged 2 : a fee paid to a lawyer for advice or services or for a claim on services when needed ...

riot

riot : a disturbance of the peace created by an assemblage of usually three or more people acting with a common purpose and in a violent and tumultuous manner to the terror of the public ;also : the crime of rioting vi : to create or engage in a riot ri·ot·er n ...

scienter

scienter [Latin, knowingly, from scient- sciens, present participle of scire to know] 1 : knowledge of the nature of one's act or omission or of the nature of something in one's possession that is often a necessary element of an offense [the element constitutionally required for an obscenity statute "Wall Dist. v. Newport News, 323 S.E.2d 75 (1984)"] ;also : intent to engage in particular esp. criminal conduct [a few environmental statutes…do away altogether with the need to prove …requiring no proof of criminal intent whatsoever "R. J. Kafin et al."] 2 : a mental state in fraud (as securities fraud) that is characterized by an intent to deceive, manipulate, or defraud ...

stalk

stalk : to subject to stalking vi : to engage in stalking stalk·er n ...

strike

strike struck struck also: strick·en strik·ing vi 1 : to remove or delete something 2 : to stop work in order to force an employer to comply with demands vt 1 : to remove or delete from a legal document and esp. from the record of a trial [it struck that part of [the] injunction "National Law Journal"] 2 : to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire 3 : to engage in a strike against (an employer) n 1 : the removal of a potential juror from a venire compare challenge 2 : a concerted work stoppage, interruption, or slowdown by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer see also rent strike Labor Management Relations Act in the Important Laws section compare job action economic strike : a strike that is brought against an employer because of a dispute regarding economic benefits or conditions (as wages) NOTE: Workers engaged in an economic strike can legally be replaced permanently. No-strike clauses in collective bargaining agreements ...

total disability

total disability : a degree of disability considered sufficient (as according to statute or in an insurance policy) to make one unable to engage in gainful work ...

importune

importune -tuned -tun·ing vt : to press or urge with troublesome persistence [who solicits, requests, commands, s or intentionally aids another person to engage in conduct which constitutes an offense "General Statutes of Connecticut"] vi : to beg, urge, or press another persistently or troublesomely compare coerce, solicit ...

forum shop

forum shop : to engage in forum shopping ...

visa expiration date

visa expiration date The visa expiration date is shown on the visa. This means the visa is valid, or can be used from the date it is issued until the date it expires, for travel for the same purpose, when the visa is issued for multiple entries. This time period from the visa issuance date to visa expiration date as shown on the visa, is called visa validity. If you travel frequently as a tourist for example, with a multiple entry visa, you do not have to apply for a new visa each time you want to travel to the U.S. As an example of travel for the same purpose, if you have a visitor visa, it cannot be used to enter at a later time to study in the U.S. The visa validity is the length of time you are permitted to travel to a port-of-entry in the United States to request permission of the U.S. immigration inspector to permit you to enter the U.S. The visa does not guarantee entry to the U.S. The Expiration Date for the visa should not be confused with the authorized length of your sta...

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