 | Term | Definition |
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felony |
major crime |
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bail |
bond guaranteeing he will return for trial |
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docket |
calender of cases to be tried |
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acquit |
to convict |
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intestate |
without a will |
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probate |
testing by court |
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disburse |
a more technical word than expend and a more formal word then pay |
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reimburse |
to pay someone back |
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bourse |
stock exchange |
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bursar |
treasurer |
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invade |
to move in like a hostel 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 permisible |
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arrogate |
to oneself a privilege or right to seize it boldly |
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absolve |
a person of guilt is to release him from the consequences by requiring penance or granting forgiveness |
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acquit |
to clear a person after innocence is proved |
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exculpate |
a person is free from blame either because he was not guilty or because he was justified in what he did |
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discrimination |
skill or prejudice in observing differences |
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recrimination |
counter-accusation |
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actuate |
to put in operation |
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actualize |
to carry out |
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activate |
to begin officially |
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counteract |
act against something |
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alibi |
an excuse |
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debit |
sum that you owe |
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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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appreciation |
(in financial sense) growth of value |
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defamation |
false or malicious attacks on someone's character or reputation |
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slander |
spoken defamation, false report, or damaging statements |
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calumny |
the making of false or malicious misrepresentations, either written, spoken, or otherwise expressed |
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litigous |
to start or prolong a lawsuit |
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liabilities |
dangers one must face, especially sums of money that one must have to pay |
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fiscal |
the financial year |
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compassion |
pity or sympathy, with an urge to help in some way |
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commiseration |
strong sympathy expressed in a more personal, more intimate, and less formal or distinct manner than condolence |
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requiem |
a musical composition or a dirge for the repose of the dead |
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obituary |
a death notice |
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necrology` |
a list of persons who have died |
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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 |
an empty tomb, monument honoring a person buried elsewhere |
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sarcophagus |
a stone coffin, especially one with a carving or inscription on it |
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cremation |
reducing a body to ashes |
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disinter or exhume |
to remove a body from the ground after burial |
