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bill
bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the GI ] ap·pro·pri·a·tions bill [ə-prō-prē-ā-shənz-] : a bill providing money for government expenses and programs NOTE:...
alimony
alimony [Latin alimonia sustenance, from alere to nourish] 1 : an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce compare child support alimony in gross : lump...
parent
parent 1 a : a person who begets or brings forth offspring ;esp : the natural parents of a child born of their marriage NOTE: The biological father of an illegitimate child is usually not considered...
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patrimony
patrimony pl: -nies [Middle French patrimonie, from Latin patrimonium, from patr- pater father] 1 : an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor [to deprive her and her coheirs of their "Wells Fargo Bank v. Kincaid,...
Alien
Alien [fr. alienigena, alibi natus, Lat.], a person not born within His Majesty's dominions and allegiance (q.v.). See definitions in the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914 and 1933, infra. At common law aliens...
trespasser
trespasser : one who trespasses ;esp : one who enters or remains on the real property of another wrongfully or without the owner's or possessor's authority or consent compare invitee, licensee NOTE: The general rule is...
Rebellion
The act of rebelling open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience and resistance to its officers and laws either by levying war or by aiding others to do...
Noctilucin
A fatlike substance in certain marine animals to which they owe their phosphorescent properties
Eleatic
Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses and all to the reason
Duteous
Fulfilling duty dutiful having the sentiments due to a superior or to one to whom respect or service is owed obedient as a duteous son or daughter
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