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Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws..

Informer :: Informer (v.) One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.

Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit..

Administrable :: Administrable (a.) Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law..

Loyalist :: Loyalist (n.) A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution..

Laurentian :: Laurentian (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills..

Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.)..

Enactive :: Enactive (a.) Having power to enact or establish as a law.

Thetical :: Thetical (a.) Laid down; absolute or positive, as a law..

Lark :: Lark (n.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors..

Pettifog :: Pettifog (v. i.) To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way..

Principle :: Principle (n.) A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle..

Civilian :: Civilian (n.) A student of the civil law at a university or college.

Default :: Default (n.) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc..

Murderer :: Murderer (n.) One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice..

Fuero :: Fuero (n.) A custom having the force of law.

Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law..

Talmud :: Talmud (n.) The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.

Barrister :: Barrister (n.) Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney..

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