to sustain a case

  • 1sustain — sus‧tain [səˈsteɪn] verb [transitive] 1. if a company sustains losses or other difficulties, it has them: • Like other insurance companies, we have sustained heavy losses. • The record industry sustained a sales …

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  • 2sustain — Synonyms and related words: abide, abide with, admit, advocate, affirm, afford support, allege in support, allow, answer, approve, argue for, assert, attest, authenticate, authorize, back, back up, be exposed to, be subjected to, bear, bear out,… …

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  • 3Selected court cases in the Terri Schiavo case — Guardianship challengedOn February 14, 1993, Terri s husband, Michael Schiavo, and the Schindlers had a falling out; Mr. Schiavo claimed the argument arose due to his refusal to share the settlement money with the Schindlers. The Schindlers claim …

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  • 4List of Case Closed characters — Many of the main characters as they appear in the anime. The second row from left to right: Kazuha Toyama, Harley Hartwell, Serena Sebastian, Rachel Moore, Richard Moore, Eva Kadan, and Hiroshi Agasa. First row from left to right: George Kojima,… …

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  • 5Terri Schiavo case — Teresa Marie Terri Schiavo Born December 3, 1963(1963 12 03) Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Died March 31, 2005(2005 …

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  • 6The Case of Charles Dexter Ward — Author H. P. Lovecraft Country  USA Language …

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  • 7Float case — Float Float (fl[=o]t), n.[OE. flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. flota ship, fr. fle[ o]tan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet, G. floss raft, Icel. floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta. [root] 84. See {Fleet}, v. i., and cf. {Flotilla}, {Flotsam},… …

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  • 8taking case from jury — Directing a verdict; a situation in which a court grants a motion to sustain a judgment. See directed verdict …

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  • 9taking case from jury — Directing a verdict. The result of various motions testing the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a judgment in favor of the party against whom the motion is made, where the court grants the motion. 53 Am J1st Trial §§ 293 et seq …

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  • 10Coal gasification — is the process of producing coal gas, a type of syngas–a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapour (H2O)–from coal. Coal gas, which is a combustible gas, was traditionally used as a source of energy for …

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