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  • 11appeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. entreaty, plea, begging, petition; resort; attractiveness, attraction. See request, lawsuit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A plea] Syn. request, plea, bid, claim, suit, submission, solicitation, petition,… …

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  • 12Court of Cassation (France) — France This article is part of the series: Politics and government of France …

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  • 13court — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. solicit, invite; curry favor, cultivate, cajole, praise; woo, sue, make love to. Informal, spark. n. enclosure, [court]yard, quadrangle, patio; tribunal, bench, bar, jurisdiction, session;… …

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  • 14Court of King's Bench (England) — For other uses, see Court of King s Bench. The Court of King s Bench at work. This illuminated manuscript from about 1460 is the earliest known depiction of the English court.[1] The Court of King s Bench (or Court of Queen s Bench during the… …

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  • 15Appeal as from an abuse — • The object was to safeguard equally the rights both of the State and of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Appeal As From An Abuse     Appeal as from an abuse …

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  • 16Appeal as from an abuse — (French appel comme d abus ) is a legal term applied in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, meaning originally a legal appeal as recourse to the civil forum (court) against the usurpation by the ecclesiastical forum of the rights of civil …

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  • 17court — ▪ I. court court 1 [kɔːt ǁ kɔːrt] noun 1. the court the people in a court, especially the judge, other officials, and the jury (= ordinary people who decide certain cases). The phrase is often used when talking about what a judge or jury think or …

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  • 18Supreme Court of Virginia — The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the U.S. state of Virginia. It primarily hears appeals from the trial level city and county Circuit Courts, as well as the criminal law, family law and administrative law cases that go through …

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  • 19Supreme Court of Canada — Cour suprême du Canada Logo of the Supreme Court Established …

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  • 20Supreme Court of California — Seal of the Supreme Court of California Established 1849 Jurisdiction …

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