Disjunction; separation.
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Lawlessness
illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law
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A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The act or process of infecting.
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judi…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district"
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The quality or state of not being canonical, of not conforming to a general rule or common procedure.; "This holds minor literature ho…
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is dep…
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The state of being able to be dismissed from office.; "The ‘democratic revolution’ emphasized the delegation of authority and the remo…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the v…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The status of being unconstitutional; of not being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution.; "On April 2013 the…
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argum…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The quality or state of being valid.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; c…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.a low area where the land is saturated with water
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To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.of Bid
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.The quality of being brave; fearless; intrepidity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: illegality, consequence, unlawful, acts, defiance.
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