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  • 21waive — UK [weɪv] / US verb [transitive] Word forms waive : present tense I/you/we/they waive he/she/it waives present participle waiving past tense waived past participle waived to choose to officially ignore a rule, right, or claim The defendant has… …

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  • 22waive — verb refrain from insisting on or applying (a right or claim). Origin ME (orig. as a legal term relating to removal of the protection of the law): from an Anglo Norman Fr. var. of OFr. gaiver allow to become a waif, abandon . Usage Waive is… …

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  • 23waive — [[t]weɪv[/t]] v. t. waived, waiv•ing 1) to refrain from claiming or insisting on; forgo: to waive one s rank[/ex] 2) law to relinquish (a right) intentionally: to waive an option[/ex] 3) to put aside, esp. for the time; defer or dispense with: to …

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  • 24Nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary — The front page of the Tripartitum, the law book summarizing the privileges of the nobility in the kingdom The origin of the nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary can be traced to the Magyar conquest of Pannonia in the 9th century, and it developed… …

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  • 25Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions — The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is a UNESCO convention and treaty adopted by the UNESCO General Conference on 20 October 2005. The Convention recognises the rights of Parties to take… …

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  • 26waive — /weɪv / (say wayv) verb (t) (waived, waiving) 1. to forbear to insist on; relinquish; forgo: to waive one s rank; to waive honours. 2. Law to relinquish (a known right, etc.) intentionally. 3. to put aside for the time; defer. 4. to put aside or… …

  • 27waive — [13] To waive something is etymologically to make a ‘waif’ of it. The word comes from Anglo Norman weyver, a derivative of the noun weif (source of English waif [14]). This originally meant ‘ownerless property’, and so 539 waltz the verb came to… …

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  • 28waive — [13] To waive something is etymologically to make a ‘waif’ of it. The word comes from Anglo Norman weyver, a derivative of the noun weif (source of English waif [14]). This originally meant ‘ownerless property’, and so the verb came to be used… …

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  • 29waive — verb Waive is used with these nouns as the object: ↑charge, ↑claim, ↑confidentiality, ↑extradition, ↑fee, ↑immunity, ↑penalty, ↑requirement, ↑right, ↑rule …

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  • 30waive — /weɪv/ verb to give up a right ● He waived his claim to the estate. ♦ to waive a payment to say that payment is not necessary …

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