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Sinister

Matched in: Term Sinister

Sinister handed

Matched in: Term Sinister handed

Sinisterly

In a sinister manner

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Tenne

Tenne, tawny, orange, or brusk; orange colour. In engravings it should be represented by lines in bend sinister crossed by others barways. Heralds who blazon by the names of the heavenly bodies call it dragon's head,

Purpure, or Porprin

Purpure, or Porprin, the colour commonly called purple, expressed in engravings by lines in bend sinister. In the arms of princes it was formerly called Mercury, and in those of peers, Amethyst, Heraldic term.

Collusion

institute a suit against the other, in order to obtain the decision of a judicial tribunal for some sinister purpose, and appears to be of two kinds: (1) When the facts put forward as the foundation of

Bad faith

not limited so, actual or constructive fraud, or a design to mislead or deceive another, or any other sinister motive. Conceptually bad faith can be understood as a 'dishonest intention', Harrison v. Telon Valley Trading Co. Ltd.,

Scarp

A band in the same position as the bend sinister but only half as broad as the latter

Saltirewise

blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister and crossing at the center

Lozengy

lozenge shaped compartments as the field or a bearing by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister

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