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allege |
to declare or asser |
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arraign |
to call before a court, summon to trial |
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felony |
major crime |
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bail |
bond guaranteeing he will return for trial |
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docket |
calendar of cases to be tried |
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bequeath |
to give or bestow in one's will |
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intestate |
without a will |
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probate |
testing by teh court |
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disburse |
to pay out, expend (money) |
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reimburse |
pay someone back |
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bourse |
in Paris, stock exchange |
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bursar |
in college, treasurer |
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encroach |
to intrude, trespass |
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invade |
to move in like a hostile army, disregarding the rights and wishes of the victim |
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infringe |
to violate someone's rights or privileges, especially in a patent |
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presume |
to take it upon oneself to say or do something not ordinarily permissible |
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arrogate |
to seize boldly a privilege or right |
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exonerate |
to clear from blame or guilt |
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absolve |
to release a person of guily by requiring penance or granting forgiveness |
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acquit |
to clear a person after his innocence is proved |
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exculpate |
to free a person from blame either because he was no guilty or because he was justified in what he did |
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incriminate |
to involve or implicate in a crime |
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discrimination |
skill or prejudice in observing differences |
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recrimination |
counteraccusation |
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actuary |
an insurance analyst and statistician |
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actuate |
to put into operation, i.e., a pump |
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actualize |
carry it out, i.e., a plan |
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activate |
begin to use it officially, i.e., a squadron or base |
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counteract |
to act against, i.e., a pest |
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alibi |
the claim of having been elsewhere when an offense was committed, or an excuse |
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debenture |
interest-bearing bond, voucher of indebtedness |
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debit |
a sum that one owes |
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deficit |
the amount by which a sum of money falls short of what is expected, needed, or owed |
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increment |
an increase (usually at specific intervals) |
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libel |
written or printed defamation |
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defamation |
false and malicious attacks on someons' character or reputation |
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slander |
spoken defamation, false report, or damaging statements |
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calumny |
defamation, the making of false or malicious misrepresentations, either written, spoken, or otherwise expressed |
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litigation |
a lawsuit, or legal disputation |
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litigious |
liking to start or prolong a lawsuit whenever a litigiable problem arises |
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option |
a choice or a right of choice |
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solvency |
ability to meet all financial obligations |
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liabilities |
dangers one must face, especially sums on money that one must or may have to pay |
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fiscal |
financial |
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bereavement |
loss or desolation, especially by death |
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condolence |
formal expression of sympathy |
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compassion |
pity or sympathy, lwith an urge to help in some way |
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commiseration |
strong sympathy expressed in more personal, more intimate, and less formal or distant manner than condolence |
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dirge |
a funeral hymn, a song or poem of grief |
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requiem |
musical composition or a dirge for the repose fo teh dead |
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requiem mass |
a religious service for the dead |
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obituary |
death notice, usually in a newspaper, with a short biography |
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necrology |
a list of persons who have died |
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epitaph |
a tombstone description |
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mausoleum |
a large tomb built above ground |
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sepulcher |
a tomb somewhat less imposing than a mausoleum |
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cenotaph |
monument honoring a person buried elsewhere |
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sarcophagus |
stone coffin, especially one with a craving or inscription on it |
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interment |
burial |
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cremation |
reducing a body to ashes |
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disinter |
to remove a body from the ground after burial, also exhume |
