judicial+decree
101decern — /di serrn /, v.i. 1. Scots Law. to enter a judicial decree. v.t. 2. Archaic. to discern. [1400 50; late ME decernen to decide < OF decerner < L decernere, equiv. to de DE + cernere to separate, decide] * * * …
102insolvency — /in sol veuhn see/, n. the condition of being insolvent; bankruptcy. [1650 60; INSOLV(ENT) + ENCY] * * * Condition in which liabilities exceed assets so that creditors cannot be paid. It is a financial condition that often precedes bankruptcy. In …
103rescind — re·scind /ri sind/ vb [Latin rescindere to cut loose, annul, from re away, back + scindere to cut, split] vt 1: to take back and make void rescind ed its suspension of his license 2: to abrogate (a contract or transaction) by mutual agreement,… …
104Necessity defense (New York) — For the necessity defense generally, see necessity. The Penal Law of the State of New York combines justification and necessity into a single article, Article 35. Defense of Justification comprises sections 35.05 through 35.30 of the Penal Law.… …
105appellant — ap·pel·lant || É™ pelÉ™nt n. one who makes an appeal; one who appeals a judicial decree or decision adj. pertaining to an appeal (request that a higher court review a case) …
106appellants — ap·pel·lant || É™ pelÉ™nt n. one who makes an appeal; one who appeals a judicial decree or decision adj. pertaining to an appeal (request that a higher court review a case) …
107sentence — I. n. 1. Decision, judgment, determination, opinion. 2. Dogma, doctrine, tenet, opinion. 3. (Common Law.) Condemnation, doom, judgment, passed on a criminal. 4. (Civil and Admiralty Law.) Judicial decree. 5. Period, proposition …
108dissolution — /dɪsəˈluʃən / (say disuh loohshuhn) noun 1. the act of resolving into parts or elements. 2. the resulting state. 3. the undoing or breaking up of a tie, bond, union, etc. 4. the breaking up of an assembly or organisation; dismissal; dispersal. 5 …
109divorce — /dəˈvɔs / (say duh vaws) noun 1. the termination of a marriage by judicial decree. 2. any formal separation of husband and wife according to established custom. 3. a complete separation of any kind. –verb (divorced, divorcing) –verb (t) 4. to… …
110separation — /sɛpəˈreɪʃən/ (say sepuh rayshuhn) noun 1. the act of separating. 2. the state of being separated. 3. a. Also, colour separation. the act of deconstructing a coloured image into three or four single colour layers, that is, into separate versions… …
