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Russian roulette

a revolver in which the cylinder has five or six positions spinning the cylinder thus moving the bullet randomly to one

called also electric charge and being of two types designated positive and negative the property of electric charge on a particle

NOTE: Negative testimony is sometimes accorded the same weight as positive testimony when the witness was in a position to perceive

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penalty for contempt. affirmative injunction : an injunction requiring a positive act on the part of the defendant : mandatory injunction

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

with Article III of the U.S. Constitution whose judges have positions for life and cannot have their salaries reduced compare legislative

Potior est conditio defendantis.-(The defendant has the better position.) Where both parties have been concerned in an illegal transaction,

classes: 1st. Those which are absolutely void; such as are positively injurious to the interests of the infant, and can only

'to detain', 'to stay or continue in a specified condition, position, etc.'. In association with the use of the vehicle, therefore,

preference. A court is sometimes said to 'lean against' the position of one of the advocates before it, meaning that the

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