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  • 21Civil law notary — 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys Civil law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal …

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  • 22Government of Alabama — The Government of Alabama is divided into executive, judicial, and legislative branches. Executive The Alabama Executive branch consists of the governor, currently Bob Riley, the Cabinet, and the executive staff. The Cabinet consists of the heads …

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  • 23Mustapha Khalid Palash — Bashundhara City, Dhaka Khan Mohammed Mustapha Khalid Palash (Bengali: মুস্তফা খালিদ পলাশ) (born 1963 in Dhaka, Bangladesh) popularly known as Palash, is considered as one of the most leading contemporary Architects of Bangladesh.[1] …

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  • 24engross — en·gross /in grōs/ vt [Anglo French engrosser to put (a legal document) in final form, from Medieval Latin ingrossare, from in grossam (put) into final form, literally, (written) in large (letter)]: to prepare the usu. final handwritten or… …

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  • 25busy — busy, industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous mean actively engaged or occupied in work or in accomplishing a purpose or intention. Busy may imply nothing more than that the person or thing referred to is not idle, that is, that he is at work… …

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  • 26intentness — noun the quality of being intent and concentrated (Freq. 1) the intentness of his gaze • Syn: ↑engrossment • Derivationally related forms: ↑engross (for: ↑engrossment), ↑in …

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  • 27preoccupancy — noun 1. the mental state of being preoccupied by something • Syn: ↑preoccupation, ↑absorption, ↑engrossment • Derivationally related forms: ↑engross (for: ↑engrossment), ↑absorb …

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  • 28en|gross|ment — «ehn GROHS muhnt», noun. 1. the act of engrossing: »the engrossment of a charter. 2. the state of being engrossed: »complete engrossment in his studies. 3. something that is copied out or expressed in legal form. 4. something that is bought up to …

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  • 29A world to see — World World, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS. weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt, worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver[ o]ld, Sw. verld, Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a… …

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  • 30Absorption — Ab*sorp tion, n. [L. absorptio, fr. absorbere. See {Absorb}.] 1. The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe… …

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