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  • 101Church discipline — comes in two types: formative and corrective. Formative discipline, or discipleship, seeks to help form the character and life of the believer. In this sense, every church disciplines it members. Jonathan Leeman has noted that every church… …

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  • 102Frisbie v. Collins — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants = Frisbie v. Collins ArgueDate = January 28 ArgueYear = 1952 DecideDate = March 10 DecideYear = 1952 FullName = Frisbie, warden v. Shirley Collins USVol = 342 USPage = 519 Citation = 72 S.Ct. 509; 96 L.Ed. 541 Prior …

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  • 103Abjure the realm — Permanent exile. The sentence to leave the kingdom was applied to many who had sought *sanctuary. Once the 40 days sanctuary was over, a criminal was given the chance to abjure the realm. The guilty person was assigned a port to leave the kingdom …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 104lawbreaker — I noun arsonist, convict, convicted felon, criminal, crook, defrauder, delinquent, embezzler, felon, fugitive, guilty person, hoodlum, legis violator, malefactor, malfeasor, miscreant, misdemeanant, misfeasor, murderer, offender, outlaw,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 105informer, informant — Each of these words identifies someone who communicates information or news. An informer, however, is one who informs (that is, tells on) someone else for the purpose of collecting money or other reward. An informer can be anyone who supplies… …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 106qualitative — 01. There seem to be some [qualitative] differences between the way men and women generally reach decisions. 02. Synthesizing organic compounds in chemistry is very [qualitative] because purity is of prime importance. 03. My son and daughter are… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 107carry the can —    to receive undeserved punishment while the culprit goes free    Some authorities suggest that the can contained beer. Common use in the First World War suggests that it was more likely to have carried food prepared behind the lines for those… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 108own — 1 determiner, pronoun 1 belonging to you and no one else: your own house/car etc: He was so drunk he even forgot his own name. | He tells people how to bring up their children but is so lenient with his own. | a house/car etc of your own: He left …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 109take the heat — If you take the heat, you take the criticism or blame for something you didn t do, normally to protect the guilty person …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 110skulō- — *skulō , *skulōn, *skula , *skulan germ., schwach Maskulinum (n): nhd. Schuldner, Schuldiger; ne. debtor, guilty person; Rekontruktionsbasis: got., ae., as., ahd.; Hinweis: s. *skulan; Etymologie: s …

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