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60 Cards in this Set
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allege
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to declare or assert
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arraign
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to call before a court, summon to trial
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felony
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major crime
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bail
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bond guaranteeing he will return for trial
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docket
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calendar of cases to be tried
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bequeath
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to give or bestow in one's will
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intestate
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without a will
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probate
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testing by court
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disburse
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to pay out, expend (money)
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reimburse
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pay back
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bourse
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stock exchange in Paris
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bursar
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the treasurer in a college
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enroach
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to intrude, trespass
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invade
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move in hostily, disregarding the rights and wishes of the victim
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infringe
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to violate someone's rights or priveleges, especially in a patent
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presume
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to take it upon oneself to say or do something not ordinarily permissible
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arrogate
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zeize something (right, privelege) boldly
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exonerate
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to clear from blame
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absolve
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to realease someone from the consequences by requiring penance or granting forgiveness
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acquit
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clear a person after his innocence is proved
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exculpate
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to free someone from blame either because he was not guilty or because he was justified in what he did
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incriminate
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to involve or implicate in a crime
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discrimination
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skill or prejudice in observing differences
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recrimination
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counter-accusation
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actuary
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an insurance analyst and statistician
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actuate
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to put something in operation
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actualize
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carry something out
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activate
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to begin using something officially
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counteract
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to act against something
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alibi
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the claim of having been elsewhere when an offense was committed
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debenture
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interest-bearing bond, voucher of indebtedness
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debit
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a sum that one owes
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deficit
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the amount by which a sum of money falls short of what is expected, needed, or owed
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increment
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an increase (usually at specific intervals)
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libel
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written or printed defamation
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dafamation
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false and malicious attacks on someone's character or reputation
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slander
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spoken defamation, false report, or damaging statements
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calumny
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defamation, the making of false or malicious misrepresentation, either written, spoken, or otherwise expressed
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litigation
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a lawsuit, or legal disputation
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option
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a choice or a right of choice
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solvency
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ability to meet all financial obligations
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liabilities
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dangers one must face, especially sums of money that one must or may have to pay
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fiscal year
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the financial year, which begins at some time other than Janurary 1
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bereavement
derived from to rob |
loss or desolation, especially by death
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condolence
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formal expression of sympathy
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compassion
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pity or sympathy, with an urge to help in some way
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commiseration
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strong sympathy expressed in a more personal, more intimate, and less formal or distant manner than condolence
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dirge
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a funeral hymn, a song or poem of grief
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requiem
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a musical composition or a dirge for the repose of the dead
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Requiem Mass
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a religious service for the dead
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obituary
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a death notice, usually in a newspaper, with a short biography
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necrology
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a list of persons who have died
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epitaph
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a tombstone inscription
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mausoleum
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a large tomb built above ground
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sepulchar
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a tomb somewhat less imposing than a mausoleum
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cenotaph
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meaning empty tomb, a monument honoring a person buried elsewhere
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sarcophagus
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a stone coffin, especially on with a carving or inscription on it
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intermetn
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burial
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cremation
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reducing a body to ashes, often takes place of burial
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disinter or exhume
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to remove something from the ground
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