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Programma

Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people.

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Decree 76% connected

An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be d…

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Edict 76% connected

A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement;…

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Fiat 76% connected

An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Rescript 76% connected

The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

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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

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Culpable negligence noun · 78% connection

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Agora noun · 78% connection

An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: passed, athenian, senate, fixed, tablet.
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Aristophanic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.

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Attic adjective · 78% connection

An Athenian; an Athenian author.

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Board noun · 78% connection

A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or…

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But adv. & conj. · 78% connection

On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: passed, athenian, senate, fixed, tablet.
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Calippic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.

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Cartouch noun · 78% connection

A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of or…

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Chamber noun · 78% connection

A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.

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Congregation noun · 78% connection

An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of…

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Conventicle noun · 78% connection

A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly.

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Convention verb · 78% connection

An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored C…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: passed, athenian, senate, fixed, tablet.
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Curia noun · 78% connection

The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house.

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