Retreatment

retreat

retreat : the act or process of withdrawing from a dangerous situation NOTE: Many jurisdictions require that a person must have at least attempted a retreat, if it was possible to do so with safety, in order for a defense of self-defense to prevail. Retreat from an attack in one's own home, however, is usually not required. retreat vb ...

Retreatful

Furnishing or serving as a retreat...

The act of retreating specifically the Hegira...

Drunkenness

Drunkenness, intoxication with strong liquor; habit-ual inebriety. A contract made by a person when so drunk as to be unable to understand what he is doing is voidable if the person with whom the contract was made was aware of the fact, but it is not void, and may be ratified when he becomes sober, Matthews v. Baxter, (1873) LR 8 Ex 132. Mere drunknness was punishable by statutes 4 Jac. 1, c. 5, and 21 Jac. 1, c. 7, ss. 1, 3, by a fine of five shillings and confinement in the stocks in default of distress. Under the Licensing Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 94), which repeals various previous enactments, drunkenness in a public place or licensed house is punishable by fine (s. 12). Disorderly drunkenness is punishable by fine or imprisonment, and refusal by drunken persons to quit licensed premises is punishable by fine. [(English) Licensing Consolidation Act, 1910, s. 80]The 1st s. of the (English) Licensing Act, 1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 28), enacts that--If a person is found drunk in any highw...

retrocession

retrocession [French rétrocession, from Medieval Latin retrocessio retreat, from Late Latin, act of going back, from Latin retrocedere to go back] 1 : the return of title to property to its former or true owner ;specif in the civil law of Louisiana : the return to a decedent's heirs of property of the decedent that had been sold or assigned by coheirs NOTE: An heir's right to retrocession has been repealed. 2 : the act of ceding back something (as jurisdiction) 3 a : the process by which all or part of the risks assumed in an insurance contract are reassigned or ceded by a reinsurer to another insurance company b : the amount reassigned or ceded ...

Camonflet

A small mine sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemys gallery to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners...

Creephole

A hole or retreat into which an animal may creep to escape notice or danger...

Dunkerque

the name of a town and a battle fought there in World War II 1940 when 330000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire Most of the forces were safely evacuated to England...

Dunkirk

the name of a town and a battle fought there in World War II 1940 when 330000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire Most of the forces were safely evacuated to England...

Formosa

An island off the coast of China also called Taiwan It was occupied by Japan from 1895 to 1945 when it was returned to Chinese sovereignty After the Communist revolution which took over the Chinese mainland in 1949 the Nationalist Chinese under Chang Kai Shek retreated to the island of Formosa and established that island as the base of their government being recognized for several years as the de jure possessor of the China seat in the United Nations The capital is Taipei As of 1998 both the Taiwan government and the mainland China government recognized Taiwan as properly a part of China but the island is currently ruled as a de facto independent nation though it does not possess a seat in the United Nations The question of when and under what circumstances the island will be reunited with the mainland government is still unresolved...

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