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(obsolete) One who claims.
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(transitive, historical) To confer a knighthood on.
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(international law) An international agreement.
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(obsolete) Agreement; reconcilement.
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(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
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(idiomatic, US, chiefly colloquial) Authorization that is extremely difficult to get, especially in a timely fashion.
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Obsolete form of award. [(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.]
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(law) Abbreviation of affirmed.
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(law) A promise or undertaking, either express or implied, founded on a consideration.
n
(uncountable) Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
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The act of giving by official decision such as giving a contract.
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(law) A judicial analysis under which a court weighs factors like the public interest, injury to the parties, fairness, etc. in deciding on a matter.
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Alternative form of cestuy que trust [(law) One who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee.]
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A trust established for charitable purposes.
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A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
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The state or quality of being a claimant.
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A person who makes a claim; a claimant.
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(law) A decree of a court giving effect to an agreement between the litigating parties.
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One who is surety with another.
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One who gives credence to something; a believer.
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(archaic, often in plural) Duty, business; something that one must do.
adj
Alternative spelling of dutybound [Compelled by duty.]
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One who ensures or makes certain.
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(historical, law) One who pledges himself as security for another; bail, surety
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Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
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(law, now historical) A warrant issued without naming any specific person, which can be issued to anyone suspected of an offence.
n
More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty
n
Something serving as a security for such an undertaking.
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(law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
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(law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
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(law) A branch of private law under civil-law legal systems concerning the rights and duties arising between individuals.
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A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
adj
Grateful or indebted because of a favor done.
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(historical) A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, such as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
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Security in the form of a person's pledge or promise, as distinguished from the delivery of some valuable object as security.
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(law) A person who receives a promise.
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Alternative form of promisee [(law) A person who receives a promise.]
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Alternative form of charitable trust [A trust established for charitable purposes.]
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(law) One who receipts for property taken by the sheriff; one to whom property is delivered for storage or safekeeping, subject to a bond to produce it when litigation concludes.
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(law) The person in whose favour a recognizance is made.
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(law) One who enters into a recognizance.
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(law) A legal doctrine which holds that an employer, officer, manager, supervisor, or other individual or group superior to an employee or subordinate may be legally liable for the acts of that employee or subordinate.
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(military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual.
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(finance) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.
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(business) The maximum value of such contract.
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A voluntarily assumed obligation toward the good of society at large as opposed to the self alone.
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(law) A law that sets a time limit for legal liability starting from the occurrence of a specified act (typically completion of a product or point of sale).
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A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.
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An informal contract; mutual agreement.
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(transitive, obsolete) To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).
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The beneficiary of a warranty.
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One who gives a warranty or guarantee.
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One making a warrant to the benefit of a warrantee.
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(countable) A written guarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that repairs will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a fault.
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Obsolete form of warrant. [Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.]
n
Abbreviation of warrant. [Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.]
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