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  • 1Catching — Catch ing, n. The act of seizing or taking hold of. [1913 Webster] {Catching bargain} (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2Catching bargain — Catching Catch ing, n. The act of seizing or taking hold of. [1913 Webster] {Catching bargain} (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3Catching — Catch Catch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}or {Catched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of… …

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  • 4Class Act — this article is about the 1992 film. For other uses see Class Act (disambiguation) Class Act Theatrical release poster Directed by Randall Miller …

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  • 5Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 — 1793 Fugitive Slave Act (Feb. 12, 1793, ch. 7, 1 Stat. 302) was written in response to a conflict between Pennsylvania and Virginia. Although the problem of fugitive slaves was addressed at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 (in Article IV,… …

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  • 6Cradle (circus act) — Aerial cradle performance by the compagnie Kaoukafela during an open air festival in France. The cradle (also known as aerial cradle or casting cradle) is a type of aerial circus act in which a performer hangs by his or her knees from a large… …

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  • 7capture — Act of catching or controlling by force, threats or strategy. In international law, the taking or wresting of property from one of two belligerents by the other. Also a taking of property by a belligerent from an offending neutral. Capture, in… …

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  • 8capture — Act of catching or controlling by force, threats or strategy. In international law, the taking or wresting of property from one of two belligerents by the other. Also a taking of property by a belligerent from an offending neutral. Capture, in… …

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  • 9Glossary of American football — The following terms are used in American football and Canadian football, but see also the glossary of Canadian football. Contents: 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V …

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  • 10catch — catch1 W1S1 [kætʃ] v past tense and past participle caught [ko:t US ko:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take and hold)¦ 2¦(find/stop somebody)¦ 3¦(see somebody doing something)¦ 4¦(illness)¦ 5 catch somebody by surprise/catch somebody off guard 6 catch somebody… …

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