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1. admittīble adj.

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(a) Of reasoning: acceptable, admissible; of an action: permissible; (b) law of persons: allowed, entitled, having the right (to defend a case in a certain manner). …

2. affirmatī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. as n.

Additional spellings: affirmative
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(a) Phil. An affirmative proposition, a positive statement or inference; (b) the positive form or aspect of something; in affirmatives, in positive functions (as opposed to failure to function); wil……

3. affirmatī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.

Additional spellings: affirmative
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(a) Positive, affirmative (as opposed to negative); (b) law bringing suit; affirmatif parte, the plaintiff. …

4. allō̆cāte n. & adj.

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Law A writ authorizing payment (as of a pension or allowance); writ allocate. …

5. allǒuāble adj.

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(a) Praiseworthy, commendable; proper; (b) logic admissible, valid; (c) law permissible, admissible; (d) of reimbursement: due, appropriate. …

6. autentī̆k adj. as n.

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Law A document that proves the validity of a right or claim. …

7. autentī̆k adj.

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Worthy of belief or acceptance, reliable, trustworthy; true, authoritative: (a) of opinions, statements, books, stories, etc.; (b) of persons. …

8. availāble adj.

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Beneficial, useful, helpful; available to (unto), helpful to (sb.), useful for (sth.). …

9. barrāble adj.

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Law Subject to debarment. …

10. charǧeāble adj.

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(a) Burdensome (bags); (b) onerous, troublesome, distressing (matter); (c) heavy (expense); burdensome (tax). …

11. collaterāl adj.

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(a) Lying alongside, adjoining; (b) accompanying, concomitant; (c) subsidiary, subordinate, less important; (d) law collateral (security); added (provision). …

12. corriǧible adj.

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Law Capable of being set right, i.e. punishable. …

13. dailēs adj.

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(a) Law Sine die, i.e. without being liable to further hearings in court, without challenge; (b) without a hearing, unheeded; without effect. …

14. dēd adj.

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(a) Of persons, animals, bodies, parts of bodies: dead, no longer alive; also fig.; ben ded, to be dead; (b) of trees, flowers, etc.: dead. …

15. dēd adj. as n.

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(a) A dead man, a corpse; pl. dead men, corpses, the dead; dedes office, funeral service; (b) a ghost; (c) one who has died; the ded, the deceased; dedes wille, will or desire expressed by someone who……

16. dē̆fendaunt adj.

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(a) Defending; him (him self, me) defendaunt, defending himself (myself), in self-defense [cp. OF se defendant]; mi sonne defendaunt, my son defending himself; (b) law defending in a suit; partie……

17. dē̆fēsāble adj.

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Law Of rights to income or property: capable of being voided or annulled. …

18. dētermināble adj.

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(a) Law Capable of being decided (according to certain laws, before a certain court); determinable bi (at) commune laue; (b) definite. …

19. dī̆lātōrīe adj.(2)

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Law Causing delay; excepcioun dilatorie, dilatorie plea, a formal objection or plea that tends to retard the progress of an action. …

20. disalǒuāble adj.

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Law Inadmissible. …

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