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restraint

restraint 1 a : an act or fact of restraining see also prior restraint b : the state of being restrained 2 a : a means of restraining b : a

Admiralty

County Court Practice. There is a Court of Admiralty in Ireland. In Scotland a Court of Admiralty existed prior to 1830. In that year it was abolished by 1 Will. 4, c. 69, and its jurisdiction was

Priorate

The dignity office or government of a prior

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Priority

The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time or of preceding something else as priority of application

Priorship

The state or office of prior priorate

Priory

A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress sometimes an offshoot of an subordinate to an abbey and called also cell and obedience See

Receivers certificate

held by him as for operating a railroad Receivers certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets prior to that of bonds or other securities

Senior

More advanced than another in age prior in age elder hence more advanced in dignity rank or office superior as senior member senior counsel

Sensorium

be conveyed before they can be perceived the place where external impressions are localized and transformed into sensations prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism hence the whole nervous system when animated so far

Abbreviatio placitorum

Abbreviatio placitorum is an abstract of ancient pleadings prior to the Year Books. Stephen on Pleadings, 7th Edn., p. 410.

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