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passive
passive : not involving, deriving from, or requiring effort or active participation [imposed a duty not to interfere] ;specif
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...
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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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
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...
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...
Magna Carta
freehold, or liberties or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pas upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the
boob
to commit a faux pas or fault
Sole, Corporation
parson, etc., Steph. Com., 7th Edn., i. 358; iii. 4. The word 'successors' was essential in order to pass the fee simple in a grant to a corporation sole; without it, a life estate only passes: Co.
payor
payor also pay·er [pā-ər] n : a person who pays ;specif : the person by whom a note or bill has been or should be paid
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