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Home Dictionary Name: esacquiesce
acquiesce -esced -esc·ing : to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively often used with in and sometimes with to ac·qui·es·cence [a-kwē-es-ns] n ...
attach
attach [Anglo-French attacher to lodge (an action in court), seize (a person or property) by legal authority, from Old French atachier to fasten, fix, alteration of estachier, from estache stake] vt 1 : to obtain a court order against (property of another person) that directs an officer of the court (as a sheriff) to seize or take control of the property compare garnish, levy NOTE: A plaintiff may attach a defendant's property as a way of obtaining jurisdiction for the purpose of bringing a lawsuit or to prevent the defendant from getting rid of property that may be needed to pay a judgment to the plaintiff. 2 : to join or make a part of [affidavits ed to the suit "Rosalind Resnick"] 3 : to create a security interest in (property) and so acquire the right to foreclose on or otherwise deal with property for payment of a debt and to exercise one's rights in the property against third parties see also security interest at interest compare perfect vi : to become effective: as a : ...
escape
escape es·caped es·cap·ing : to depart from lawful custody with the intent of avoiding confinement or the administration of justice n 1 : an act or instance of escaping 2 : the criminal offense of escaping ...
estop
estop es·topped es·top·ping [Anglo-French estop(p)er, literally, to stop up, from Middle French estouper, ultimately from Latin stuppa hemp fiber (used for plugging holes)] : to impede or bar by estoppel ...
pass
pass 1 a : to issue a decision, verdict, or opinion [the Supreme Court ed on a statute] b : to be legally issued [judgment ed by default] 2 : to go from the control, ownership, or possession of one person or group to that of another [title es to the buyer] vt 1 : to omit a regularly scheduled declaration and payment of (a dividend) 2 a : to get the approval of [the bill ed the House] b : to give approval or legal sanction to [the House ed the bill] 3 : to transfer the right to or interest in [the sale es the title to the goods] 4 : to put in circulation [ bad checks] compare utter 5 : to pronounce (as a sentence or judgment) judicially [the court ed a severe sentence] ...
annex
annex 1 : attach [correspondence ed to the petition] [a greenhouse ed to the building] 2 : to incorporate (as a territory) within a political domain [the district es only shards of 24 additional parishes "Hays v. Louisiana, 839 F. Supp. 1188 (1993)"] an·nex·ation [a-nek-sā-shən] n ...
avoid
avoid [modification of Old French esvuider to destroy, literally, to empty, from es- out + vuider to empty] 1 : to make void or undo : annul [the trustee may any transfer of interest of the debtor in property "U.S. Code"] 2 : to respond to (an allegation or averment) by declaring that facts alleged do not result in liability [averments in a pleading to which no responsive pleading is required or permitted shall be taken as denied or ed "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 8(d)"] see also confession and avoidance compare deny 3 : to prevent the occurrence of or responsibility for esp. through lawful means [ a tax] compare evade avoid·abil·i·ty n avoid·able adj avoid·ance n ...
award
award [Anglo-French awarder agarder to look at, decide on, impose, alteration of Old French esguarder to look at, from es-, intensive prefix + guarder to guard] 1 : to give in accordance with a judicial or administrative determination or decision [ punitive damages] 2 : to grant as deserved [ed the contract to the lowest bidder] n 1 : a judgment or final decision: as a : arbitrator's award b : a formal decision regarding benefits in a workers' compensation claim 2 : something granted esp. on the basis of merit or entitlement: as a : a contract won by a successful bidder b : relief usually in the form of money (as damages or alimony) granted to a party in a legal proceeding ...
breach
breach 1 a : a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification breach of duty : a breach of a duty esp. by a fiduciary (as an agent or corporate officer) in carrying out the functions of his or her position breach of trust : a breach by a trustee of the terms of a trust (as by stealing from or carelessly mishandling the funds) breach of warranty : a breach by a seller of the terms of a warranty (as by the failure of the goods to conform to the seller's description or by a defect in title) NOTE: A seller may be liable for a breach of warranty even without any negligence or misconduct. b : failure without excuse or justification to fulfill one's obligations under a contract called also breach of contract compare repudiation an·tic·i·pa·to·ry breach : a breach of contract that occurs as a result of a party's anticipatory repudiation of the contract ef·fi·c...
encroach
encroach [Anglo-French encrocher, probably alteration of acrocher to catch hold of, seize, usurp, from Old French, from a-, prefix stressing goal + croc hook] : to enter esp. gradually or stealthily into the possessions or rights of another [es on an adjoining property] ...
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