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Ordeal

An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Trial 76% connected

The act of trying or testing in any manner.

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Abatement of a nuisance noun · 78% connection

(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance

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Actual damages noun · 78% connection

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

(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…

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Attestant noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Attestator noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Cease and desist order noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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Civil wrong noun · 78% connection

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

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Combination in restraint of trade noun · 78% connection

(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…

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Comparative negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff

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Compensatory damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Concurrent negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately

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Constructive possession noun · 78% connection

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

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Contributory negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of c…

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Criminal negligence noun · 78% connection

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Criminal possession noun · 78% connection

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Culpable negligence noun · 78% connection

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Absolve verb · 78% connection

To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would…

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Alfet noun · 78% connection

A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

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Appellation noun · 78% connection

The act of appealing; appeal.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ancient, test, determine, guilt, innocence.
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Assay noun · 78% connection

a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test f…

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Beta software noun · 78% connection

software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release; "beta software…

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Classical noun · 78% connection

traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste

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Competence hearing noun · 78% connection

a hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in pr…

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Complement fixation test noun · 78% connection

a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibod…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ancient, test, determine, guilt, innocence.
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Condemn verb · 78% connection

To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ancient, test, determine, guilt, innocence.
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Consciousness noun · 78% connection

Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ancient, test, determine, guilt, innocence.
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Cuteness noun · 78% connection

the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ancient, test, determine, guilt, innocence.
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Decree verb · 78% connection

To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to or…

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