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Prerequisite

Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.

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Obligatory 84% connected

Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obe…

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Obligatory 84% connected

Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obe…

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Duty 76% connected

That which is due; payment.

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Obligation 76% connected

The act of obligating.

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Responsibility 76% connected

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

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Precondition 76% connected

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

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Requirement 92% connected

The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

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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

(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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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

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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Criminal possession noun · 78% connection

(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…

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Culpable negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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DBA 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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Accomplish verb · 78% connection

To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a pr…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: previously, required, necessary, preliminary, proposed.
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Aforethought adjective · 78% connection

Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: previously, required, necessary, preliminary, proposed.
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Atmospheric condition noun · 78% connection

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…

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Axiom adjective · 78% connection

A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can m…

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Beforehand adverb · 78% connection

By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime.

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Composition noun · 78% connection

Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: previously, required, necessary, preliminary, proposed.
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Conclusion noun · 78% connection

The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premi…

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Condition noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the ter…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: previously, required, necessary, preliminary, proposed.
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Conditions noun · 78% connection

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…

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Demonstration noun · 78% connection

A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definition…

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Effect noun · 78% connection

an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in h…

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Fortune noun · 78% connection

That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy eve…

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