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admission

as a method of reducing the number of issues to be proven at trial. b : a party's prior out-of-court statement or action that is inconsistent with his or her position at trial and that tends to

advance parole

advance parole Permission to return to the United States after travel abroad granted by DHS prior to leaving the U.S. The following categories of people may need advance parole Source: Department of State. March

annuity

a contract (as with an insurance company) under which one or more persons receive annuities in return for prior fixed payments made by themselves or another (as an employer) annuity cer·tain pl: annuities certain : an annuity

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anticipate

Corp., 210 A.2d 609 (1965)"] 2 : to negate the novelty of (an invention) by its appearance in prior art [appeared to have anticipated a variable light makeup mirror "Wilson v. Bristol-Myers Co., 503 N.Y.S.2d 334 (1986)"]

anticipatory

anticipatory : of or relating to a prior action that takes into account or forestalls a later action [an challenge brought for declaratory and injunctive relief

bar examination

: an examination that is usually administered by a jurisdiction's bar association and which a lawyer must pass prior to admission to the bar of that jurisdiction

bond

paid in full called also Z-bond adjustment bond : a bond that is issued in settlement of a prior obligation as part of a business reorganization and on which interest payments are usually contingent upon earnings ba·by

callable debt

has the right to redeem the security at a specified price on or after a specified date, but prior to its stated final maturity. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

career offender

career offender : a habitual or repeat criminal ;esp : an offender with two or more prior convictions for violent or drug-related crimes called also career criminal NOTE: Under federal sentencing guidelines career offenders are

carryback

cannot be taken entirely in a given period and which may be deducted from taxable income of a prior period compare carryover

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