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  • 91acquiescence — /skwiyesans/ Conduct recognizing the existence of a transaction, and intended, in some extent at least, to carry the transaction, or permit it to be carried, into effect. It is some act, not deliberately intended to ratify a former transaction… …

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  • 92acquiescence — /skwiyesans/ Conduct recognizing the existence of a transaction, and intended, in some extent at least, to carry the transaction, or permit it to be carried, into effect. It is some act, not deliberately intended to ratify a former transaction… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 93professed — [prō fest′, prəfest′] adj. [ME < profes (see PROFESS) + ed, ED] 1. openly declared; avowed 2. insincerely avowed; pretended 3. having made one s PROFESSION (sense 4) 4. professing to be duly qualified …

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  • 94declared — adjective 1. made known or openly avowed (Freq. 1) their declared and their covert objectives a declared liberal • Ant: ↑undeclared • Similar to: ↑alleged, ↑announced, ↑ …

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  • 95a|vow´er — a|vow «uh VOW», transitive verb. to declare frankly or openly; admit; acknowledge: »He avowed that he could not sing. The critics avowed their disgust for the new taxes with boldness. ╂[< Old French avouer < a to + vouer to vow < Vulgar… …

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  • 96a|vow´a|ble — a|vow «uh VOW», transitive verb. to declare frankly or openly; admit; acknowledge: »He avowed that he could not sing. The critics avowed their disgust for the new taxes with boldness. ╂[< Old French avouer < a to + vouer to vow < Vulgar… …

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  • 97a|vow — «uh VOW», transitive verb. to declare frankly or openly; admit; acknowledge: »He avowed that he could not sing. The critics avowed their disgust for the new taxes with boldness. ╂[< Old French avouer < a to + vouer to vow < Vulgar Latin… …

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  • 98ARAB WORLD, 1945–2006 — The Arab world is divided into four subregions: the Maghreb (morocco , tunisia , algeria , libya , Mauritania), the Nile Valley (egypt and Sudan), the Fertile Crescent (syria , lebanon , iraq , jordan , and the palestinian authority ), and the… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 99CODIFICATION OF LAW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the concept and its prevalence in other legal systems in jewish law in the mishnah format and style of the mishnah the talmud and post talmudic halakhic literary forms variety of… …

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  • 100LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… …

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