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  • 81NUI Galway Students' Union — Institution NUI Galway Location Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland Established 1911 President Emmet Connolly Members over 16,000 Affiliations …

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  • 82bear — / bar/ vb bore / bōr/, borne, / bōrn/, also, born vt 1: to physically carry (as an object or message) the right of the people to keep and bear arms U.S. Constitution amend. II …

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  • 83clear — adj 1: unencumbered by outstanding claims or interests a search showed the title was clear 2: free from doubt or ambiguity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 84excuse — ex·cuse 1 /ik skyüz/ vb ex·cused, ex·cus·ing vt 1: to grant exemption or release to excused the prospective juror excused the witness after an hour of testimony 2 …

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  • 85exonerate — ex·on·er·ate /ig zä nə ˌrāt, eg / vt at·ed, at·ing [Latin exonerare to relieve, free, discharge, from ex out + onerare to burden, from oner onus load] 1: to relieve esp. of a charge, obligation, or hardship 2: to clear from accusation or blame… …

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  • 86absolve — ab·solve /əb zälv, sälv/ vt ab·solved, ab·solv·ing 1: to set free or release from some obligation or responsibility a judgment terminating a parent s rights...absolve s that parent of all future support obligations In re Bruce R., 662 A.2d 107… …

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  • 87justify — jus·ti·fy / jəs tə ˌfī/ vb fied, fy·ing vt 1: to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable does not justify a denial of bail 2: to show to have had a legally sufficient reason or cause a defendant may not set up his own standard of conduct… …

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  • 88Mill, John Stuart: Logic and metaphysics — J.S.Mill Logic and metaphysics John Skorupski ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM IN MILL’S PHILOSOPHY Mill’s importance as one of the major figures of nineteenth century politics and culture, and the current interest in him as a moral and political… …

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  • 89vendetta — see VINDICATE * * *    The word for a private quarrel originally applied to a feud between Corsican or Sicilian families, in which the members of a murdered person s family sought vengeance by killing a member of the murderer s family. Hence the… …

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  • 90acquit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exonerate; discharge, pay. See acquittal, payment.Ant., convict. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To exonerate] Syn. clear, absolve, vindicate; see absolve , excuse . 2. [To behave] Syn. comport, conduct,… …

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