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usurp
usurp [Latin usurpare to take possession of without a strict legal claim, from usus use + rapere to seize] vt : to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without...
parent
parent 1 a : a person who begets or brings forth offspring ;esp : the natural parents of a
expatriate
expatriate -at·ed -at·ing vt : to voluntarily withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's native country vi : to renounce allegiance to one's country and abandon one's nationality voluntarily ex·pa·tri·ate [-trē-ət] n ex·pa·tri·a·tion [ek-spā-trē-ā-shən] n
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exculpate
exculpate -pat·ed -pat·ing [Medieval Latin exculpare, from Latin ex- out of + culpa blame] : to clear from alleged fault or guilt [a statement…offered to the accused is not admissible unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the...
dissipate
dissipate -pat·ed -pat·ing : to use (marital assets) for one's own benefit and to the exclusion of one's spouse for a purpose unrelated to the marriage at a time when the marriage is undergoing an irretrievable...
passive
passive : not involving, deriving from, or requiring effort or active participation [imposed a duty not to interfere] ;specif
Administrative law
may be obtainable at the instance of persons aggrieved. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(1), 4th Edn. (2001), Para 1, p. 5. Means the law governing the organisation and operation of the executive branch of government (including
Pignus
when they attempted an etymological explanation of words. The element of pignus (pig) is contained in the word pa(n)go and its cognate forms. A pledge was called pignus when the possession of a thing was transferred to
Camera
by the 1920 Act (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 75), s. 8, the public maybe excluded during part of the hearing (in certain cases) but the verdict must be pronounced in public. By the (English) Children
strike
remove or delete from a legal document and esp. from the record of a trial [it struck that part of [the] injunction "National Law Journal"] 2 : to remove (a prospective juror) from a venire 3 :
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