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  • 51long-sufferance — noun patient endurance of pain or unhappiness • Syn: ↑long suffering • Hypernyms: ↑endurance * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ noun archaic : long suffering Synonyms …

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  • 52bill of sufferance — a license to load and discharge cargo at specified ports without paying duty …

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  • 54Leasehold estate — Property law Part of t …

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  • 55tenancy — ten·an·cy / te nən sē/ n pl cies 1: the holding of or a mode of holding an estate in property: a: a form of ownership of property: tenure b: the temporary possession or occupancy of property that belongs to another holdover tenancy …

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  • 56permission — permission, leave, sufferance denote the sanction which enables one to do something that requires the consent of those in authority. Permission is the ordinary term except in some conventional phrases; it commonly implies the power or authority… …

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  • 57landlord and tenant — Parties to the leasing of real estate, whose relationship is bound by contract. The landlord, or lessor, is the owner; the tenant, or lessee, supplies payment in order to enjoy possession and use of the property for a specified period. Important… …

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  • 58The Seal of Confession —     The Law of the Seal of Confession     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession     In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …

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  • 59tolerance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. toleration, allowance; moderation, temperance, endurance, forbearance, sufferance, laxity; clemency, leniency. See permission, feeling, inexcitability, liberality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Open… …

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  • 60suf·fer·ance — /ˈsʌfərəns/ noun on sufferance Brit formal ◇ If you are allowed to do something on sufferance, you are allowed to do it by someone who does not want you to do it. She was allowed in only on sufferance …

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