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Espousals

Espousals [fr. sponsalia, Lat.; espouse, Fr.], the act of contracting or affiancing a man and woman to each other;

Espousement

The act of espousing or the state of being espoused

Espousal

The act of espousing or betrothing especially in the plural betrothal plighting of the troths a contract of marriage sometimes the marriage

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Espouse

To betroth to promise in marriage to give as spouse

Disespouse

To release from espousal or plighted faith

Limousine liberal

to do person of liberal political inclination It is sometimes used as a term of contempt for those espousing the cause of poor people without having to endure the discomfort that their policies may inflict on others

lunatic fringe

the members of a political or social group espousing extreme fanatical or seemingly irrational views

Bad-man theory

carefully calculate precisely what the rules allow and operate up to the rules limits. This theory was first espoused by Oliver Wendell Holmes in his essay 'The Path of the Law, 10 Harv L Rev 457 (1897)',

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