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• Accusation
  ...]] by a [[person]] legally entitled to do so, generally on behalf of the [[state]] by a criminal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor prosecutor]. [[Category: Law]]
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• Elopement
  ...hbishop_of_Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury] — or to flee somewhere the law did not apply, across the border to Gretna Green, Scotland, for instance. ...ly (before, usually, their [[parents]] could object) might [[travel]] to a state without such a rule. In the musical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guys_and
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• Piracy
  ...n used throughout [[history]] to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents. ...al authorities and therefore a legitimate form of war-like activity by non-state actors. Privateering is considered [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_
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• Exigency
  *2a : the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being exigent :b : a state of affairs that makes urgent demands <a [[leader]] must [[act]] in any sudd
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• Police
  ...ry]] forces, or other [[organizations]] involved in the [[defense]] of the state against foreign agressors; however, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendar [[Law]] enforcement, however, [[constitutes]] only part of policing [[activity]].
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• Restitution
  *2: a [[legal]] action serving to cause restoration of a previous state ...[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damages law of compensation], which is the law of loss-based recovery. [[Obligations]] to make restitution and obligations
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• Verdict
  ...aw and to convict or acquit. In the words of William Blackstone, "The jury state the naked [[facts]], as they find them to be [[proved]], and pray the advic [[Category: Law]]
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• Sexism
  ..., where "by [[marriage]], the [[husband]] and [[wife]] are one person in [[law]]; that is the very being or legal [[existence]] of the [[woman]] is [[susp ...example, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen Yemeni] marriage regulations state that a wife must [[obey]] her husband and must not leave [[home]] without h
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• Dictatorship
  :c : a despotic state ...was originally neither [[arbitrary]] nor unaccountable, being subject to [[law]] and requiring retrospective justification. There were no such dictatorshi
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• Bona fide
  ...tude or depravity of a line of conduct. This [[concept]] is important in [[law]], especially equitable matters.
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• Status
  *1. Pathology. a. The height or acme of a disease: cf. [[State|STATE]] n. 7 and STATION n. 6. Now rare or Obs. :b. Used (with the sense ‘[[state]] or condition) in many mod.L. combinations with adj., as status arthriticu
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• Offence
  :b : the [[state]] of being insulted or [[morally]] outraged <takes offense at the slightest :b : an infraction of [[law]]; especially : misdemeanor
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• Detention
  *2 : the state of being detained; especially : a period of temporary custody prior to disp '''Detention''' generally refers to a [[state]] or [[government]] holding a [[person]] in a particular area (generally c
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• Reparation
  ...f public acknowledgement of or [[apology]] for past violations, indicating state and social [[commitment]] to respond to former [[abuses]]. [[Category: Law]]
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• Corporations
  *2: a body formed and [[authorized]] by [[law]] to act as a single [[person]] although constituted by one or more persons ...ganized as an organ of [[political]] [[representation]] in a corporative [[state]]
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• Dissolution
  *In [[law]], '''dissolution''' has multiple [[meanings]]. ...dia.org/wiki/International_law international law], dissolution is when a [[state]] has broken up into several [[entities]], and no longer has [[power]] over
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• Abrogate
  ...us, past participle of abrogare, from ab- + rogare to ask, [[propose]] a [[law]] — more at [[right]]. To repeal, to disregard, ignore, repudiate, to can ...[[state]]'s [[sovereign]] immunity and subject it to lawsuits to which the state has not [[consent]]ed (i.e., to "abrogate" their immunity to such suits).
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• Autonomous
  *1 : the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being self-governing; especially : the right of self-government *3 : a self-governing state
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• Church
  are very closely allied with the [[state]] and [[secular]] powers–frequently there is overlapping of [[responsibil ...atholicism Roman Catholic Church], especially in the [[past]], such as the State church of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire Roman Empire]. To
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• Provocation
  ...t's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea mens rea], [[intention]], or [[state]] of [[mind]], at the time of an act of which the defendant is accused. In some [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law], [[jurisdictions]] such as the UK, Canada, and several Australian states,
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