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1. advocacīe, advō̆cātie n.
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advocatie
5 quotations in 1 sense
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Law (a) the activity of a professional pleader in courts of law, advocacy; (b) the advocacy performed by a prosecutor, a charge or accusation; (c) theol. intercession or advocacy on behalf of a sinner……
2. allē̆ǧea(u)nce n.(1)
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allegeaunce
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law A formal declaration or deposition; (b) the citing of authorities (esp. the Scriptures) in support of a doctrine or opinion; (c) the expression of an opinion or objection; assertion……
8. champartīe n.
17 quotations in 3 senses
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Law The practice of aiding a litigant for a share of the matter in dispute, champerty.
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10. dē̆pendaunce n.
6 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The state of being dependent; (b) law an action or fact growing out of a legal action, consequence, result.
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11. dētermināciǒun n.
30 quotations in 4 senses
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Usually law (a) Disposition or settlement of a suit or dispute; decision, verdict; doom, undoing; (b) power to adjudicate, jurisdiction.
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15. enquēren, -ien v.
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enquerien
89 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To ask (a question, or questions), to ask for (specific information);--often with of phr. of the person questioned; (b) enqueren after, of, upon, to ask about (someone or something); ben enquering……
18. maundement n.
79 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A commandment (of God, Christ, Mohammed, etc.) regulating human conduct; fixed precept or rule of conduct (contained in the law of God or a religious rule); one of the Ten Commandments; (b) coll.……
20. mortificāciǒun n.
17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Death; (b) renunciation of self and the world; mortificacioun of the flesh (bodi), mortificacioun of sinne, penitential asceticism.
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