Search results for: “professor”
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Civilian
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Civilian Meaning of Civilian One who is skilled or versed in the civil law . One who is not a member of the military. Civilian Alternative Definition A […]
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Specialist
Financial Definition of Specialist Meaning of Specialist On an exchange, the member firm that is designated as the market maker (or dealer for a listed common stock). Only one specialist can be designated for a given stock, but dealers may be […]
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Temple
Two English inns of court, thus called because anciently the dwelling place of the Knights Templar. On the suppression of the order, they were purchased by some professors of the common law, and converted into hospitia, or inns of court. They are called the Inner and […]
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Sabbatical
Grammar This term is an adjetive. Etimology of Sabbatical (You may find sabbatical at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1640s, “of or suitable for the Sabbath,” from Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos “of the Sabbath” (see Sabbath). Noun […]
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Flea
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Flea (You may find flea at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). Old English flea “flea,” from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (source also of Old Norse flo, Middle Dutch vlo, German Floh), perhaps related to Old English […]
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Bankrupt
A bankruptcy ; an insolvent.
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Inns of Court
The name given to the colleges of the English professors and students of the common law. The four principal inns of court are the Inner Temple and Middle Temple (formerly belonging to the Knights Templar), Lincoln’s Inn, and Gray’s Inn (anciently belonging to the earls of […]
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Regent
A ruler; a governor. The term is usually applied to one who governs a regency, or rules in the place of another. In the canon law, it signifies a master or professor of a college. Diet. Canonique. It sometimes means simply a ruler, director, or superintendent; as in New York, where the […]
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Use
To put into practice; employ habitually as in to use diligence. To occupy and enjoy the fruits of, as in using lands and tenements. To employ for the accomplishment of a purpose. To utilise for a particular purpose as in using a certain name in one’s business. The term also means benefit as […]
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Diminished Capacity
In criminal law, the term is used to refer to lack of capacity to achieve that state of mind requisite for commission of crime. A defense which is short of legal insanity. See Com. v Wa/zack, 360 A.2d 914, 468 Pa. 210.
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Boondoggle
Any job or grant more pleasurable to the holder than useful to the donor, or to anyone else. It originally covered waste of government funds on no-work or make-work projects doled out to party supporters or needy voters. It has come to encompass things like foundation-sponsored travel by […]
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Acolyte
An inferior church servant, who, next under the deacon, followed and waited upon the priest and deacons, and performed the meaner offices of lighting the candles, carrying the bread and wine, and paying other servile attendance. …
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Learned
adjectiveaccomplished acquainted with acroatic apprised of aware bibliophilie bookish cognizant conversant doctus educated enlightened erudite eruditus experience…