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  • 11Legal history of wills — Wills in the Ancient WorldThe will, if not purely Roman in origin, at least owes to Roman law its complete development, a development which in most European countries was greatly aided at a later period by ecclesiastics versed in Roman law. In… …

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  • 12legal — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ make sth ▪ Should the use of this drug be made legal? ADVERB ▪ completely …

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  • 13constraint — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French constrainte, from constraindre Date: 15th century 1. a. the act of constraining b. the state of being checked, restricted, or compelled to avoid or perform some action < the constraint and&#8230; …

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  • 14constraint — Synonyms and related words: abnegation, abstinence, aloofness, aplomb, arrest, arrestation, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, caging, calm, calmness, check, chilliness, circumscription, coaction, coercion, coldness, composure, compulsion,&#8230; …

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  • 15hold in constraint — index commit (institutionalize) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 16holding in constraint — index commitment (confinement) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 17urging by moral constraint — index compulsion (coercion) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 18urging by physical constraint — index compulsion (coercion) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 19without constraint — index voluntary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 20commitment — n 1: an act of committing: as a: placement in or assignment to a prison or mental hospital petition for commitment compare incompetent, interdiction ◇ Commitment to a mental health facility is called …

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