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cause of action

those grounds [removed the cause of action to the district court] 2 : right of action [the court, led by Justice Brennan, said Congress intended to provide a private cause of action "National Law Journal"]

filiation

not legitimated or formally acknowledged by the alleged parent, may establish filiation in a filiation proceeding. This has led to some instances where the legitimate children of one father have been allowed to prove filiation to another

independent source

the same evidence or use of evidence that would have been inevitably discovered without the unlawful procedure that led to its discovery compare fruit of the poisonous tree, inevitable discovery

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trust

trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b : an entity resulting from...

Calenture

fevers occuring in tropics esp to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever among sailors which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field and to throw himself into it

industrial revolution

with very varying time lags The introduction of powered machinery such as the steam engine and power loom led to the concentration of large areas of manufacturing in large companies and made some goods more plentiful and

lead to

Same as cause as the roaring stock market led to an increase in the purchase of big ticket items during the 1996 Christmas season

Maccabees

Jewish patriots who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV 168 161 b c which led to a period of freedom for Israel

Dog-draw

venison in a forest, when he was found drawing after a deer by the scent of a hound led in his hand; or where a person had wounded a deer or wild beast, by shooting at it,

melatonin

and the effect is not profound Nevertheless the deregulation of melatonin and its availability over the counter has led to many people taking melatonin to help sleep without consulting a physician

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