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Home Dictionary Name: extremelyextreme cruelty
extreme cruelty : behavior toward a spouse that involves physical violence or threats thereof, acts calculated to destroy the peace of mind or health of the spouse, or acts destructive of the purpose of the marriage ;also : a ground for divorce based on a spouse's extreme cruelty ...
Extremely
In an extreme manner or state in the utmost degree to the utmost point exceedingly as extremely hot or cold...
Extremity
The extreme part the utmost limit the farthest or remotest point or part as the extremities of a country...
In casu extrem' necessitatis omnia sunt communia
In casu extrem' necessitatis omnia sunt communia. Hale, P.C. 54.-(In a case of extreme necessity everything is in common.)...
End
The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise the extremity of breadth being side hence extremity in general the concluding part termination close limit as the end of a field line pole road the end of a year of a discourse put an end to pain opposed to beginning when used of anything having a first part...
murder
murder [partly from Old English morthor; partly from Old French murdre, of Germanic origin] the crime of unlawfully and unjustifiably killing another under circumstances defined by statute (as with premeditation) ;esp such a crime committed purposely, knowingly, and recklessly with extreme indifference to human life or during the course of a serious felony (as robbery or rape) compare cold blood, cooling time, homicide, manslaughter NOTE: Self-defense, necessity, and lack of capacity for criminal responsibility (as because of insanity) are defenses to a charge of murder. Most state statutes and the U.S. Code divide murder into two degrees. Florida, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania currently have three degrees of murder. Some states do not assign degrees of murder. [di-pr?vd-h rt-] a murder that is the result of an act which is dangerous to others and shows that the perpetrator has a depraved mind and no regard for human life NOTE: Depraved-heart murder is usually considered second- or...
Blowhole
A cavern in a cliff at the water level opening to the air at its farther extremity so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity...
Extremist
A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice one who holds extreme opinions...
Sine
The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity...
Discharge
Discharge, to relieve of a duty. A sheriff is said to be discharged of his prisoner; a prisoner discharged from custody; a jury discharged from the cause. See next title.A rule nisi is discharged when the Court decides that it shall not be made absolute, i.e., that the party who obtained the rule nisi should take nothing, and the suit remain in statu quo. See RULE.In a warrant case instituted otherwise than on a police report, 'discharge' or 'acquittal' of accused are distinct concepts applicable to different stages of the proceedings in Court. The legal effect and incidents of 'discharge' and 'acquittal' are also different. An order of discharge in a warrant case instituted on complaint, can be made only after the process has been issued and before the charge is framed. S. 253(1) shows that as a general rule there can be no order of discharge unless the evidence of all the prosecution witnesses has been taken and the Magistrate considers for reasons to be recorded, in the light of the...
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