prevent a delay

  • 71obstructionism — ob|struc|tion|is|m [əbˈstrʌkʃənızəm] n [U] formal when someone tries to prevent or delay a legal or political process >obstructionist n …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 72bar — bar1 noun 1》 a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.     ↘a sandbank or shoal at the mouth of a harbour or an estuary.     ↘Brit. a metal strip below the clasp of a medal, awarded as… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 73obstruction — noun 1 (U) the act of trying to prevent or delay a legal or political process (+ of): obstruction of vital legislation 2 (U) the act of blocking a road, passage, tube etc (+ of): obstruction of the public highway 3 (C) something that blocks a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 74obstructionism — noun (U) the practice of trying to prevent or delay a legal or political process obstructionist noun (C) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 75set — v 1. put, place, position, move into position; situate, locate, localize, plant, mount; deposit, reposit, lay down, plump, rest; land, bring down, bring in, set down; park, station, stick; lodge, quarter; slap, tuck, slip, insert; implant,… …

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  • 76de conjunctim feoffatis — /diy ksnjsrjktam fiyfeytas/ Concerning persons jointly enfeoffed, or seised. The title of the statute 34 Edw. I, which was passed to prevent the delay occasioned by tenants in novel disseisin, and other writs, pleading that some one else was… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 77de conjunctim feoffatis — /diy ksnjsrjktam fiyfeytas/ Concerning persons jointly enfeoffed, or seised. The title of the statute 34 Edw. I, which was passed to prevent the delay occasioned by tenants in novel disseisin, and other writs, pleading that some one else was… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 78drain hole — A hole drilled in the bottom of a box section or a door, to allow water that has accumulated to escape so as to prevent or delay rusting …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 79EMBALMING — The natural drying out of the body by solar heat (mummification) is the oldest method of preserving a corpse. The ancient Egyptians may have simply tried to dry corpses in the hot desert sands, or as in one of the chambers found at Thebes, in… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 80United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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