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Prerogative

An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise.

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Easement 76% connected

That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Perquisite 92% connected

Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Privilege 92% connected

A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil…

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Public easement noun · 86% connection

any easement enjoyed by the public in general (as the public's right to use public streets)

Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Sociology, Inequality and stratification.
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Right of way noun · 86% connection

the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else

Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Sociology, Inequality and stratification.
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False pretence noun · 85% connection

(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation

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False pretense noun · 85% connection

(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation

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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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Appoggiatura noun · 78% connection

A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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Base noun · 78% connection

Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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Birthright noun · 78% connection

Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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Claim noun · 78% connection

A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anythi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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Constitution noun · 78% connection

The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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Disinherit verb · 78% connection

To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or r…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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Exclusive adjective · 78% connection

Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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Exclusive right noun · 78% connection

a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogativ…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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Franchise adjective · 78% connection

A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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Fundamental adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; orig…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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In adverb · 78% connection

With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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Indefeasible adjective · 78% connection

Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made void; as, an indefeasible or title.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: exclusive, peculiar, privilege, prior, indefeasible.
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