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Luck
That which happens to a person an event good or ill affecting ones interests or happiness and which is deemed casual a course or series of such events regarded … fate fortune often ones habitual or characteristic fortune as good bad ill or hard luck Luck is often used by itself to mean good luck as luck is better than skill a stroke of luck
De bene esse
used in reference to an examination, out of Court and before trial, of witnesses who are old, dangerously ill, or about to leave the country, on the terms that if the witnesses continue ill or absent, their … merit of the thing in its own nature (Jac. Law Dict.). in modern times the term is chiefly used in reference to an examination, out of Court and before trial, of witnesses who are old, dangerously ill,
chemotherapy
the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease or mental illness also used especially in reference to the use of chemicals to treat cancer
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heroin
It is sometimes included as one of the components of Bromptons mixture used to control pain in terminallly ill patients … a morphine derivative diacetyl morphine used to relieve severe pain and as a sedative It is highly addictive and its use is strictly controlled
not guilty by reason of insanity
crime as determined by application of the test for insanity used in the jurisdiction compare guilty but mentally ill NOTE: A verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity usually results in the commitment of the defendant … reason of insanity 1 : a plea by a criminal defendant who intends to raise an insanity defense used in jurisdictions that require such a plea in order for an insanity defense to be presented 2 :
Illtreat
To treat cruelly or improperly to ill use to maltreat
Adultery
the previous hearing, or if he was unable to prove it owing to sufficient cause, e.g., non-attendance through illness. The word is also used by ecclesiastical writers to describe the intrusion of a person into a bishopric … he was unable to prove it owing to sufficient cause, e.g., non-attendance through illness. The word is also used by ecclesiastical writers to describe the intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the former bishop's life.
Abbreviation
such abbreviations as are commonly used. See 1923, W. N. 288. In 9 Rep. 48 is this maxim, Ille numerus et sensus abbreviationum accipiendus est ut concessio non sit inanis. (In abbreviations such number and sense is … 6 Geo. 2, c. 14, permitted numbers to be expressed in figures, and such abbreviations as are commonly used. See 1923, W. N. 288. In 9 Rep. 48 is this maxim, Ille numerus et sensus abbreviationum accipiendus
Natured
Having such a nature temper or disposition disposed used in composition as good natured ill natured etc … Having such a nature temper or disposition disposed used in composition as good natured ill natured etc
Bromptons mixture
and cocaine and sometimes other narcotic substances such as heroin in an alcoholic solution administered mostly to terminally ill patients especially cancer patients to relieve severe pain Its use is not universally accepted as good medical practice
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