(law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure; "a magistrate determined that there was probable cause to search…
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Mitigating circumstance
(law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense
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a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were appa…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.the theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine); condemned as heretical in th…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.the theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catho…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.the theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous; condemn…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Law, Psychology.(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) immediate and direct physical control over property
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
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An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.exonerate by means of an alibi
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.a drug that reduces high blood pressure
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.a drug that reduces high blood pressure
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: circumstance, exonerate, reduces, penalty, associated.
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