| Term | Definition |
|---|
| felony | major crime |
| bail | bond guaranteeing he will return for trial |
| docket | calender of cases to be tried |
| acquit | to convict |
| intestate | without a will |
| probate | testing by court |
| disburse | a more technical word than expend and a more formal word then pay |
| reimburse | to pay someone back |
| bourse | stock exchange |
| bursar | treasurer |
| invade | to move in like a hostel army, disregarding the rights and wishes of the victim |
| infringe | to violate someone's rights or privileges (especially in a patent) |
| presume | to take it upon oneself to say or do something not ordinarily permisible |
| arrogate | to oneself a privilege or right to seize it boldly |
| absolve | a person of guilt is to release him from the consequences by requiring penance or granting forgiveness |
| acquit | to clear a person after innocence is proved |
| exculpate | a person is free from blame either because he was not guilty or because he was justified in what he did |
| discrimination | skill or prejudice in observing differences |
| recrimination | counter-accusation |
| actuate | to put in operation |
| actualize | to carry out |
| activate | to begin officially |
| counteract | act against something |
| alibi | an excuse |
| debit | sum that you owe |
| deficit | the amount by which a sum of money falls short of what is expected, needed, or owed |
| appreciation | (in financial sense) growth of value |
| defamation | false or malicious attacks on someone's character or reputation |
| slander | spoken defamation, false report, or damaging statements |
| calumny | the making of false or malicious misrepresentations, either written, spoken, or otherwise expressed |
| litigous | to start or prolong a lawsuit |
| liabilities | dangers one must face, especially sums of money that one must have to pay |
| fiscal | the financial year |
| compassion | pity or sympathy, with an urge to help in some way |
| commiseration | strong sympathy expressed in a more personal, more intimate, and less formal or distinct manner than condolence |
| requiem | a musical composition or a dirge for the repose of the dead |
| obituary | a death notice |
| necrology` | a list of persons who have died |
| mausoleum | a large tomb built above ground |
| sepulcher | a tomb somewhat less imposing than a mausoleum |
| cenotaph | an empty tomb, monument honoring a person buried elsewhere |
| sarcophagus | a stone coffin, especially one with a carving or inscription on it |
| cremation | reducing a body to ashes |
| disinter or exhume | to remove a body from the ground after burial |
| allege | to declare or assert |
| arraign | to call before a court, summon to a trial |
| bequeath | to give or bestow in one's will |
| disburse | to pay out, expend (money) |
| encroach | to intrude, trespass |
| exonerate | to clear from blame or guilt |
| incriminate | to involve or implicate in a crime |
| actuary | an insurance analyst and statistician |
| alibi | the claim of having been elsewhere when an offense was committed |
| debenture | interest-bearing bond, voucher of indebtedness |
| increment | an increase (usually at specific intervals) |
| libel | written or printed defamation |
| litigation | a lawsuit, or legal disputation |
| option | a choice or a right of choice |
| solvency | ability to meet all financial obligations |
| bereavement | loss or desolation, especially by death |
| condolence | formal expression of sypathy |
| dirge | a funeral hymn, a song or poem of grief |
| epitaph | a tombstone inscription |
| interment | burial |
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