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(transitive, US slang) Synonym of commit: to involuntarily confine a person for a mental illness that poses a risk to themself and/or others.
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(law) The quality of being entitled to review in an appellate court.
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(transitive) To estimate; to conjecture.
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(rare) One who attributes; an imputer.
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The act of attributing something.
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Alternative form of cognizor [(law) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.]
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(pragmatics) A speech act by which a commitment is made, such as a promise or threat.
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(obsolete, intransitive) To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.
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Alternative form of committal [The act of entrusting something to someone.]
n
Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
v
Obsolete form of committest.
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The act of entrusting something to someone.
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(obsolete) A person who commits a crime; perpetrator.
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(law) The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
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Synonym of compensation pendulum
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Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance.
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A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
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One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer.
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(chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
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(transitive, intransitive) Argue against, especially by opposition to and negation of opposing arguments (rather than the bolstering of one’s own position).
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So as to counterbalance.
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An accusation against an opponent in an argument in response to the opponent's accusations.
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Obsolete form of design. [A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.]
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A legal requirement to achieve an impossible proof. Remedies are reversing the burden of proof, or giving additional rights to the individual faced with this requirement.
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(construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.
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A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
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(US slang) Alternative form of 5150. [(transitive, US slang) Synonym of commit: to involuntarily confine a person for a mental illness that poses a risk to themself and/or others.]
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(law) Committed to a prison for trial, as opposed to being detained for examination.
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(uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
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The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
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The act of inditing or composing; composition
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One who indulges; one who offers indulgence.
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(law) In the manner of a proceeding where multiple parties to a dispute are present.
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(US, law) A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.
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Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
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To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
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One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser.
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(law) A rebuttal; the answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
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A person who refutes with an argument or example.
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(Scotland and Northern Ireland) Any correction of a wrong or undesirable thing.
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Of or pertaining to requisition
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One who makes or signs a requisition.
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(law) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
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The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.
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(law) An additional reply to a motion filed after the motion has already been fully briefed.
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The situation that occurs when a trademarked name becomes a generic name through constant use.
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A reconciliation of differences.
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Obsolete spelling of estimate [A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.]
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