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• Alphabet
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] alphabete, from Late [[Latin]] alphabetum, from [[Greek]] alphabētos, fr ...d house respectively. There are dozens of alphabets in use today, the most common being [[Latin]], deriving from the first true alphabet, [[Greek]]. Most of
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• Fugitive
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French & [[Latin]]; Middle French fugitif, from Latin fugitiv ...vice] is the primary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency law enforcement agency] that tracks down federal fugitives, though the [https:/
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• Hostage
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from ''hoste'' ...bductor in order to compel another party such as a [[relative]], employer, law enforcement, or [[government]] to act, or refrain from acting, in a particu
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• Debt
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] dette, debte, from Anglo-French dette something owed, from Vulgar [[Latin *4 : the common-[[law]] [[action]] for the recovery of [[money]] held to be due
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• Hemp
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hænep''; akin to Old High German ''hanaf'' hemp, [[Greek]] ''kannabis'' The etymology is uncertain but there appears to be no common [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-indoeuropean Proto-indoeuropean] sourc
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• Sin
  *1. a. An [[act]] which is regarded as a transgression of the [[divine]] [[law]] and an offence against [[God]]; a violation (esp. wilful or deliberate) o *2. a. Without article or pl. Violation of divine law; [[action]] or conduct characterized by this; a [[state]] of transgression
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• Mischief
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] meschief, from Anglo-French, misfortune, hardship, from Old French meschev ...uction or defacement of property other than arson. [[Governed]] by state [[law]], criminal mischief is committed when a perpetrator, having no right to do
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• Prostitution
  ...between [[different]] kinds or imply a [[value]] [[judgment]] about them. Common alternatives for prostitute include escort and whore; however, not all [[pr ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] word hōra, from the Indo-European root kā meaning "[[desire]]". Use of t
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• Quorum
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], ''quorum'' of justices of the peace, from [[Latin]], of whom, genitive pl ..., charter, bylaws or standing orders). The ''quorum'' may also be set by [[law]]. While a [[majority]] of members is often the ''quorum'' for legislative
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• Mores
  ...is a plurale tantum term borrowed from Latin, which has been used in the [[English]] [[language]] since the 1890s. ...] and mild [[social]] [[pressure]] but not strictly enforced or put into [[law]]. The term folkways, introduced by American sociologist [https://en.wikipe
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• Petition
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] petition-, petitio, from petere to seek ...ror]. Petitions could be sent by anybody, from a [[scholar]]-official to a common farmer, although the petitions were more likely [[read]] to the emperor if
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• Siblings
  ...as one that shares the same father is known as an ''agnate sibling''. In [[law]], the term '''''consanguine''''' is used in place of agnate. Half siblings ...f siblings were often accorded unequal treatment. Old [[English]] [[common law]] at one time incorporated inequalities into the laws of intestate successi
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• Waif
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''weif'', ''waif'', from Anglo-French, from ''waif'', adjective, stray, un ...other helpless circumstance, from its original [[surroundings]]. The most common usage of the word is to designate a [[homeless]], [[forsaken]] or [[orphane
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• Hermit
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''heremite'', ''eremite'', from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''eremita'', ...ited_States) Episcopal Church] in the United States, although in the canon law of the Episcopal Church they are referred to as "solitaries" rather than "h
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• Murder
  ...dle English murdre, from Anglo-French, of Germanic [[origin]]; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord murder, [[Latin]] mort-, mors death, ...was an important legal [[mechanism]] in early Germanic society; the other common form of legal reparation at this time was blood [[revenge]]. If someone was
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• Weakness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wác, corresponding to Old Saxon, Middle Low German wêk, Middle Dutch wee ...of you catch up to the [[strongest]]. There is no way to circumvent this [[law]] of [[the universe]] for just when you feel yourself really making [[progr
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• Appeal
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] appel, from Anglo-French apel, from apeler ...urt on specific grounds. These grounds typically could include errors of [[law]], [[fact]], or procedure (in the United States, [https://en.wikipedia.org/
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• Symbols
  ...dicate a battlefield, and the [[numeral]]s used to represent [[number]]s. Common psychological symbols are the use of a gun to represent a penis or a tunnel ...he question in an effort to define [[culture|cultural objects]], such as a law, a constitution, a marriage ceremony. All the nouns in the story are in thi
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• Conscience
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] conscientia, from conscient-, consciens ...plative]] considerations about the [[origin]] and operation of conscience. Common [[secular]] or [[scientific]] views regard the [[capacity]] for conscience
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• Propulsion
  [Middle English propellen, from Latin propellere, from pro- before + pellere to drive — ...propulsion''' is the [[act]] of moving an object through the air. The most common [[types]] are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller propeller], jet engi
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