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  • 51release — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 freeing sb from prison, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ immediate ▪ There have been calls for his immediate and unconditional release. ▪ imminent ▪ early ▪ …

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  • 52Security — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Security >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 security security Sgm: N 1 guaranty guaranty guarantee Sgm: N 1 gage gage warranty bond tie pledge plight mortgage debenture …

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  • 53reconnaissance — 1810, from Fr. reconnaissance act of surveying, lit. recognition, from O.Fr. reconoissance (see RECOGNIZANCE (Cf. recognizance)). U.S. military abbreviation recon is attested from 1918 …

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  • 54bail — To procure release of one charged with an offense by insuring his future attendance in court and compelling him to remain within jurisdiction of court. Manning v. State ex rel. Williams, 190 Okl. 65, 120 P.2d 980, 981. To deliver the defendant to …

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  • 55bail bond — A three party contract which involves state, accused and surety and under which surety guarantees state that accused will appear at subsequent proceedings. Accredited Surety & Cas. Co., Inc. v. State, for Use and Benefit of Hillsborough County,… …

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  • 56bail — To procure release of one charged with an offense by insuring his future attendance in court and compelling him to remain within jurisdiction of court. Manning v. State ex rel. Williams, 190 Okl. 65, 120 P.2d 980, 981. To deliver the defendant to …

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  • 57bail bond — A three party contract which involves state, accused and surety and under which surety guarantees state that accused will appear at subsequent proceedings. Accredited Surety & Cas. Co., Inc. v. State, for Use and Benefit of Hillsborough County,… …

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  • 58personal — Appertaining to the person; belonging to an individual; limited to the person; having the nature or partaking of the qualities of human beings, or of movable property. In re Steimes Estate, 150 Misc. 279, 270 N.Y.S. 339. As to personal action… …

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  • 59recognitione adnullanda per vim et duritiem facta — /reksgnishiyowniy sednaleenda par vim et d(y)arish(iy)am faekta/ A writ to the justices of the common bench for sending a record touching a recognizance, which the recognizer suggests was acknowledged by force and duress; that if it so appears… …

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  • 60release — I To discharge a claim one has against another, as for example in a tort case the plaintiff may discharge the liability of the defendant in return for a cash settlement. To lease again or grant new lease. See accord and satisfaction II A writing… …

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