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Russian roulette

by loading one bullet into one chamber of a revolver in which the cylinder has five or six positions spinning the cylinder thus moving the bullet randomly to one of the six positions of the cylinder pointing

testimony

the witness did not hear a train whistle] NOTE: Negative testimony is sometimes accorded the same weight as positive testimony when the witness was in a position to perceive something and was eagerly attentive. opinion testimony :

injunction

defendant who violates an injunction is subject to penalty for contempt. affirmative injunction : an injunction requiring a positive act on the part of the defendant : mandatory injunction in this entry final injunction : permanent injunction

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authority

esp. as a precedent 2 a : a power to act esp. over others that derives from status, position, or office [the of the president] ;also : jurisdiction b : the power to act that is officially

Article III court

III court : a court created in accordance with Article III of the U.S. Constitution whose judges have positions for life and cannot have their salaries reduced compare legislative court NOTE: The purpose of the salary and

Bribe

Bribe, a fit to any person in office or holding a position of trust, with the object of inducing him to disregard his official duty or betray his trust for

Potior est conditio defendantis

Potior est conditio defendantis.-(The defendant has the better position.) Where both parties have been concerned in an illegal transaction, the Court will not help the plaintiff against

Kept

'cause to stay or remain in a place', 'to detain', 'to stay or continue in a specified condition, position, etc.'. In association with the use of the vehicle, therefore, the word 'kept' has an element of stationariness.

Lean

(1) to incline or tend in opinion or preference. A court is sometimes said to 'lean against' the position of one of the advocates before it, meaning that the court regards the advocate's position disfavorably; (2) to

Manager

management of the whole affairs of a company, and includes a director or any other person occupying the position of a manager by whatever name called and whether under a contract or service or not. It will

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