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abstention : the staying of the exercise of federal jurisdiction in a case that involves a question of state law or policy which the federal court prefers to have resolved by a state court or agency Bur·ford abstention [bər-fərd-] : an abstention grounded on the involvement in the federal case of a challenge to the exercise of a usually complex state administrative function Col·o·ra·do Riv·er abstention [kÄ -lə-ra-dō-, -rÄ -] : an abstention grounded esp. on the involvement in the federal case of questions of state concern that are also at issue in a parallel case in state court Pull·man abstention [pl-mən-] : an abstention grounded on the involvement in the federal case of the interpretation of an ambiguously worded state law whose constitutionality would have to be determined by the federal court NOTE: A party to a case subjected to a Pullman abstention may reserve the right to return to federal court once the st...
bootleg
bootleg : something bootlegged bootleg adj vb boot·legged boot·leg·ging vt 1 : to produce, reproduce, or distribute without authorization or license 2 : smuggle compare pirate vi : to engage in bootlegging boot·leg·ger n ...
finger
finger fin·gered fin·ger·ing : to accuse or identify as guilty [was fingered simply because he fit the stereotype of a young, black street criminal "Jack Ewing"] ...
fingerprint
fingerprint : the impression of a fingertip on any surface ;also : an ink impression of the lines upon the fingertip taken for the purpose of identification (as during the booking procedure following an arrest) see also dna fingerprinting fingerprint vt fin·ger·print·ing n ...
Cornet
An obsolete rude reed instrument Ger Zinken of the oboe family...
Gerful
Changeable capricious...
Bersare
Bersare [fr. berser, Ger.], to shoot or hunt....
Easter
Easter [fr. Ostern, Ger., supposed to be derived from the name of the Teutonic goddess Ostera (oster, to rise), celebrated by the ancient Saxons early in the spring], a movable feast of the church, held in memory of our Saviour's resurrection.Easter Day, on which all the other movable feasts and holy days of the Church depend, is always the first Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after, the twenty-first day of March; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after, Book of Common Prayer.Easter Monday is made a Bank Holiday by (English) 34 & 35 Vict. c. 17, and 38 & 39 Vict. c. 13....
Herald
Herald [fr. here, Sax., an army, and heald, a champion; herault, heraut, Fr.; herald, Ger.; araldo, Ital.; because it was part of his office to charge or challenge unto battle or combat], an officer who registers genealogies, adjusts ensigns armorial, regulates funerals, and carries messages between princes, and proclaims war and peace. Heralds were anciently called Dukes at Arms, probably from the Latin ducere ad arma; because the conducting of affairs concerning peace and war devolved upon them, their office being to carry messages to the enemy, and to proclaim war and peace. Hence the persons of heralds were deemed sacred by the law of nations, and were received and protected by belligerent powers, as flags of truce are in the present day. The three chief heralds are called Kings of Arms; of whom (1) Garter is the principal, instituted by Henry V. His office is to attend the Knights of the Garter at their solemnities, and to marshal the funerals of the nobility. (2) Clarencieux King...
Marquis or marquess
Marquis or marquess [fr. marquis, Fr.; marchio, Lat.; margrave, Ger.], one of the second order of nobility, next in order to a duke. The first marquis was Robert de Vere, Ear of Oxford, whom Richard II. in the year 1386 made Marquis of Dublin.A marquis is styled by the sovereign in Royal Commissions, etc., 'our right trusty and entirely beloved cousin.' His title is 'most honourable'; and his sons, by courtesy, are styled lords and his daughters, ladies. The eldest son takes by courtesy the next lower title....
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