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BESTOW

This means to grant or bequeath something.

ACCRUE

Able to increase, such as to gain interest that is then added to the original capital.

VAGRANCY

the status given to a person who travels from place to place, does not work and loiters around with no means of support.

TESTE

a term that means to bear witness and is a declaration at the conclusion of a court order that bears witness to the official character of the document.

PRESUME

a term that means to believe, acceot as true or to assume.

DIVULGE

This means to make known or to reveal something.

PREDECEASE

a term that is used when a person dies before another.

REVOLVING CREDIT

a renewable credit like that of a credit card where the credit keeps on as each payment is paid.

RECOMMEND

a term that means to advise, to suggest, to counsel or to speak in favour of.

OVERCOME

a term that is used for overcoming evidence that is presented by a party to a suit by presenting more convincing evidence.

PASS FOR CAUSE

a term that is used when a juror is allowed to go unchallenged for cause and the opportunity for an absolute is in place. See peremptory challenge.

SHANGHAI

a term to describe getting a person a drunk and then putting him a on a ship about to go to sea.

CODE PLEADING

This applies to the type or system of pleading that refers to the statement of an issue brought before a court of law.

A PRIORI

Latin, is concluded from what has happened previously and that certain affects must by necessity will follow.

PLEAD OVER

term used to ignore a statement made b y a defendant in his answer to charges.

DISBURSE

a term that means to pay out or to expend.

STAND MUTE

a term given to a person who refused to plead either innocent or guilty and the judge will assume a plea of not guilty.

VALUE FAIR

the value that a seller will sell an item for a and a value the buyer is willing to pay.

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