Retraction - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: retractionRetraction
The act of retracting or drawing back the state of being retracted as the retraction of a cats claws...
Retract
To draw back to draw up or shorten as the cat can retract its claws to retract a muscle...
Retractive
Serving to retract of the nature of a retraction...
retraction
retraction : an act of taking back or withdrawing [ of a confession] [her of the defamatory statement] ...
Retractable
Capable of being retracted retractile...
Retractate
To retract to recant...
Retractation
The act of retracting what has been said recantation...
Retractible
Retractable...
evidentiary harpoon
evidentiary harpoon [from the comparison of such evidence to a harpoon, which can be retracted after it has injured its target] : evidence consisting esp. of a police officer's statement that is improper and is knowingly offered by the prosecution to prejudice the defendant in the eyes of the jury ...
Centerboard
A retractable or sliding keel used on sailboats formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water tight case amidships when in shallow water or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent drifting to leeward when the vessel is beating to windward It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States...
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