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DECISION
1. Term Decision
2. Definition Ajudgment reached after consideration.
2. APPLICATION
1. Term Application
2. Definition A formal, usually written request that is submitted to an authority, in our case
in front of the court.
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3. Example The case originated in an application (no. 23755/07) against the Republic of
Moldova lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the
Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by
a Moldovan national, Mr Petru Buzadji (“the applicant”), on 29 May 2007.
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4. Origin Late Middle Ebglish applicacioun, from Old French aplicacion (French
application), from Latin applicationem, accusative singular of applicatio, from
applico.
5. Synonym Petition, postulation, request, claim, form, letter, demand, appeal.
6 Translation Cerere, petitie.
3. JUDGE
1. Term Judge
2. Definition A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of
justice.
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3. Example Article 5 § 3 of the Convention. The Chamber was composed of Josep Casadevall,
President, Luis López Guerra, Ján Šikuta, Dragoljub Popović, Kristina Pardalos, Valeriu
Griţco and Iulia Antoanella Motoc, judges, and also Stephen Phillips, Section Registrar.
Four judges (Josep Casadevall, Luis López Guerra, Dragoljub Popović and
Iulia AntoanellaMotoc) expressed separate opinions. On 16 March 2015, under
Article 43 of the Convention, the Government requested the referral of the case to
the Grand Chamber. The panel of the Grand Chamber acceded to this request on 20
April 2015.
4.REGISTER
1. Term Register
2. Definition A person employed to keep a record of court actions.
5.APPLICANT
1. Term Applicant
2. Definition A person who request or seeks something such as assistance or employment or
admission.
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3. Example The applicant was a minority shareholder in and the CEO of a liquefied gas supply
company from southern Moldova in which the State owned 82% of the shares.
6.LAWYER
1. Term Lawyer
2. Definition A professional person authorized to practice law, conducts lawsuits or gives
legal advice.
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3. Example One of his lawyers asked the court to order a less severe measure such as, for
instance, house arrest, in place of the detention.
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4. Origin Frpm Middle English lawyer,lawer, equivalent to law+yer.
5. Synonym Attorney, counselor, defender, jurist, jurisprudent, pleader, attorney-at-law,
legal adviser.
6 Translation Avocat, jurist, jurisconsult.
7.CASE
1. Term Case
2. Definition A comprehensive term for any proceedings in a court of law whereby an
individual seeks a legal remedy.
8.PECUNIARY
1. Term Pecuniary
2. Definition Material harm that is relating to money.
9.ENFORCEMENT
1. Term Enfoecement
2. Definition The act of enforcing, ensuring observance of or obedience to especiale before a
lawsuit.
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3. Example
Article 176. Reasons for applying preventive measures
10.COMPENSATION
1. Term Compensation
2. Definition The act of compensanting given as payment or reparation for a service or
injury.
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3. Example He had himself requested to be placed under house arrest, and the decision to
do so had constituted compensation for any possible violation of Article 5 § 3
which had taken place prior to the measure.
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4. Origin From Old French compensacion, from Latin compensationem, accusative
singular of compensatio.
5. Synonym Reparation, settlement, restitution, reward.
6 Translation Despagubire, compensatie, recompensa.
11.APPEAL
1. Term Appeal
2. Definition A legal proceedings in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the
purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the
lower court’s judgment or the granting of a new trial.
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3. Example It is essentially on the basis of the reasons given in these decisions and of the well-
documented facts stated by the applicant in his appeals that the Court is called upon
to decide whether or not there has been a violation of Article 5 § 3 (see, among other
authorities, Kudła, cited above, § 110, and Idalov, cited above, § 141).
12.JUDJMENT
1. Term Judgment
2. Definition The determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to
it.
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3. Example Furthermore, it notes that the Court of Appeal failed to give an answer to this
objection raised by the applicant. There is no indication in the judgments that the
courts took into account such an important factor as the applicant’s behaviour,
between the beginning of the investigation in July 2006 and the moment when first
ordering his remand in custody.
13.COMPLAINT
1. Term Complaint
2. Definition (civil law) The first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the
claim for relief is based. (criminal law) A pleading describing some wrong or
offense.
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3. Example The Moldovan Government in their letter dated 16 June 2011 gave a detailed account
of the developments which had taken place after 29 June 2007. They also stated that
they would not address these developments “bearing in mind the applicant’s
complaints and the limits of the notification [given] by the Court”.
14.CONVENTION
1. Term Convention
2. Definition An international agreement, the act of convening about something.
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3. Example The case originated in an application (no. 23755/07) against the Republic of Moldova
lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Moldovan national, Mr
Petru Buzadji (“the applicant”), on 29 May 2007.
15.VIOLATION
1. Term Violation
2. Definition A crime less serious than a felony; an act that disregards an agreement or a
right, entry to another’s property without right or permission.
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3. Example In a judgment delivered on 16 December 2014 a Chamber of that Section declared
the application admissible, and found by a majority that there had been a violation of
Article 5 § 3 of the Convention.
17.ISSUE
1. Term Issue
2. Definition A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.
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3. Example . However, the issue of non-exhaustion of domestic remedies was raised by the
Government for the first time in their written submissions before the Grand Chamber.
19.AMENDMENT
1. Term Amendment
2. Definition The act of amending or correcting, a statement that is added to or revises or
improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
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3. Example Moreover, Moldovan law was subjected to a thorough analysis when it
requested membership of the Council of Europe (see Opinion No. 188 (1995)
of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on the application by
Moldova for membership of the Council of Europe), with amendments
proposed to ensure compatibility with the Convention, which Moldova finally
ratified in 1997.
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4. Origin From French amendement, from ll. Amendamentum.
5. Synonym Rectification, correction, remedy, reform, change, revision, improvement,
enhancement.
6 Translation Amendament, rectificare, imbunatatire, schimbare.
20.COURT
1. Term Court
2. Definition An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business; a
room in which a lawsuit sits; a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or
by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws.
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3. Example In the event of the Court rejecting their above-mentioned objection of non-
exhaustion of domestic remedies, the Government argued by way of an alternative
submission that the applicant could not claim to be a “victim” in the sense of Article
34 of the Convention for the purposes of his complaint under Article 5 § 3 about his
house arrest.
21.ARTICLE
1. Term Article
2. Definition A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will).
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3. Example The measure had been equivalent to granting him release from his initial detention.
That being so, it constituted a form of compensation for any possible breach of his
rights guaranteed by Article 5 § 3 of the Convention.
22.OFFENCE
1. Term Offence
2. Definition An act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.
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3. Example Since the applicant did not claim in the proceedings before the Court that there was
no reasonable suspicion that he had committed an offence, the Court does not
consider it necessary to examine this issue.
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4. Origin From Old French offense, from Latin offense.
5. Synonym Criminal offence, crime, law-breaking.
6 Translation Delict, ofensa, crima, incalcare a legii.
23.CONVICTION
1. Term Conviction
2. Definition A final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is
imposed.
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3. Example Until conviction, he or she must be presumed innocent, and the purpose of the
provision under consideration is essentially to require his or her provisional
release once his or her continuing detention ceases to be reasonable (see
McKay,cited above, § 41).
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4. Origin -------------------
5. Synonym Condemnation, judgment of conviction, sentence.
6 Translation Condamnare.
24.UNLAWFUL
1. Term Unlawful
2. Definition Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention.
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3. Example Accordingly, the applicant’s detention based on the orders of the “MRT courts”
was unlawful for the purposes of that provision.
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4. Origin --------------
5. Synonym Improper, unconventional, illegitimate, unauthorized, illegal, lawless,
prohibited, wrongful, criminal.
6 Translation Ilegal, illicit, nelegiuit.
25.IMPRISONMENT
1. Term Imprisonment
2. Definition Putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment.
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3. Example
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4. Origin From xno emprisonement, from old French emprisonnement.
5. Synonym Penality, punishment, jailing, incarceration.
6 Translation Detentiune, inchisoare, arrest, intemnitare.
26.CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
1. Term Criminal prosecution
2. Definition The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for
criminal behaviour.
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3. Example They also referred to the cases of Țopa v. Moldova ((dec.), no. 25451/08, 14
September 2010), Mătăsaru and Savițchi v. Moldova (no. 38281/08, §§ 60-76,
2 November 2010) and Bisir and Tulus v. Moldova (no. 42973/05, §§ 21 et
seq., 17 May 2011) in support of their assertion that compensation for wrongful
prosecution or conviction could be claimed under Law no. 1545.
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4. Origin (Criminal) From Middle English, from xno criminal, from ll. Criminalis, from
Latin crimen. (Prosecution) From Middle French prosecution, from ll.
Prosecution, from Latin prosequor, from pro+sequor.
5. Synonym Prosecution.
6 Translation Urmarire penala.
27. CLAIM
1. Term Claim
2. Definition An assertion of a right, that something is true.
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3. Example Since the applicant did not claim in the proceedings before the Court that there was
no reasonable suspicion that he had committed an offence, the Court does not
consider it necessary to examine this issue.
28.JURISDICTION
1. Term Jurisdiction
2. Definition The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
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3. Example The Court sees no need to examine whether the Government are estopped from
making the above objection since it finds in any event that it concerns a matter which
goes to the Court’s jurisdictionand which it is not prevented from examining of its
own motion (see, for instance, R.P. and Others v. the United Kingdom, no. 38245/08, §
47, 9 October 2012).
30. PROVISION
1. Term Provision
2. Definition A stipulated condition.
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3. Example Three strands of reasoning in particular may be identified as running through
the Court’s case-law: the exhaustive nature of the exceptions, which must be
interpreted strictly (see Ciulla v. Italy, 22 February 1989, § 41, Series A no.
148) and which do not allow for the broad range of justifications under other
provisions (Articles 8 to 11 of the Convention in particular); the repeated
emphasis on the lawfulness of the detention, both procedural and substantive,
requiring scrupulous adherence to the rule of law (see Winterwerp v. the
Netherlands, 24 October 1979, § 39, Series A no. 33); and the importance of
the promptness or speediness of the requisite judicial controls (under Article 5
§§ 3 and 4) (see McKay v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 543/03, § 34, ECHR
2006-X).
31.TESTIMONY
1. Term Testimony
2. Definition A solemn statement made under oath.
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3. Example In practice witnesses testifying in court are very often asked simply whether
they confirm the testimony they gave to the investigating judge.
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4. Origin From Latin testimonium, from testis.
5. Synonym Evidence, declaration, statement.
6 Translation Marturie, declaratie.
32.DEFENCE
1. Term Defence
2. Definition A defendant’s answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him.
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3. Example In his defence the applicant argued that his company could not purchase gas directly
from the producers, because the minimum quantity which the producers agreed to
sell exceeded his company’s needs for a period of five years.
33.WITNESS
1. Term Witness
2. Definition (law) A person who testifies under oath in a court of law.
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3. Example In any event, the grounds relied upon by the prosecutor were stereotyped and the
prosecutor had failed to explain the reasons for his belief that the applicant would
attempt to influence witnesses and reoffend.
34.ALLEGE
1. Term Allege
2. Definition Claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically
without proof.
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3. Example The applicant alleged, in particular, that his detention pending trial had not
been based on relevant and sufficient reasons as required by Article 5 § 3 of the
Convention.
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4. Origin c. 1300, The form is Anglo-French aleger, Old French eslegier "to clear at law" (from a
compound of Latin ex "out of;" see ex- + litigare "bring suit"
35.RESPONDENT
1. Term Respondent
2. Definition A party against whom a petition is filed, especially one in an appeal or a
divorce case.
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3. Example The Court reiterates that, according to Rule 55 of the Rules of Court, any plea
of inadmissibility must, in so far as its character and the circumstances permit,
be raised by the respondent Contracting Party in its written or oral observations
on the admissibility of the application (see Svinarenko and Slyadnevv. Russia
[GC], nos. 32541/08 and 43441/08, § 79, ECHR 2014 (extracts)).
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4. Origin 1520s, "one who answers," from Latin respondentem (nominative respondens),
present participle of respondere
5. Synonym Litigator
6 Translation Acuzator
36.DEFENDANT
1. Term Defendant
2. Definition An individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.
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3. Example Some were under investigation before trial. Others had been charged and were
defendants at court proceedings.
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4. Origin c. 1400, in the legal sense, from French défendant, present participle of défendre (see
defend). Earliest use in English was as a present participle adjective meaning
"defending" (c. 1300).
5. Synonym Accused
6 Translation Acuzat
37.BRIEF
1. Term Brief
2. Definition A written statement submitted in a trial or appellate proceeding that explains
one side's legal and factual arguments.
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3. Example I don't know whether there has been an order for briefs to be filed.
5. Synonym Argument
6 Translation Argument
38.CHAMBERS
1. Term Chambers
2. Definition The offices of a judge and his or her staff.
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3. Example However, the issue of non-exhaustion of domestic remedies was raised by the
Government for the first time in their written submissions before the Grand Chamber.
5. Synonym Legislature
6 Translation Legislatura
39.FELONY
1. Term Felony
2. Definition A crime regarded in the US and many other judicial systems as more serious
than a misdemeanour.
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3. Example If convicted on the felony charge, he could lose his right to work in the United States.
5. Synonym Crime
6 Translation Crima
40.JURY
1. Term Jury
2. Definition A body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a
legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
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3. Example The jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts.
6 Translation Consiliu
41.PETITION
1. Term Petition
2. Definition An application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc.
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3. Example The procedure is that of epistolary jurisdiction, where letters written by
ordinary citizens to courts get converted into writ petitions.
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4. Origin early 14c., "a supplication or prayer, especially to a deity," from Old French
peticion "request, petition" (12c., Modern French pétition) and directly from
Latin petitionem (nominative petitio) "a blow, thrust, attack, aim; a seeking,
searching," in law "a claim, suit," noun of action from past participle stem of
petere "to make for, go to; attack, assail; seek, strive after; ask for, beg,
beseech, request; fetch; derive; demand, require," from PIE root *pet-, also
*pete- "to rush; to fly" (source also of Sanskrit pattram "wing, feather, leaf,"
patara- "flying, fleeting;" Hittite pittar "wing;" Greek piptein "to fall," potamos
"rushing water," pteryx "wing;" Old English feðer "feather;" Latin penna
"feather, wing;" Old Church Slavonic pero "feather;" Old Welsh eterin "bird").
5. Synonym Request
6 Translation Cerere
42.PLAINTIFF
1. Term Plaintiff
2. Definition A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
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3. Example The plaintiffs sued the defendant alleging that he had been negligent in a
number of ways.
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4. Origin c. 1400, from Anglo-French pleintif (late 13c.), noun use of Old French plaintif
"complaining; wretched, miserable," from plainte (see plaint). Identical with plaintive
at first; the form that receded into legal usage retained the older -iff spelling.
5. Synonym Litigator
6 Translation Acuzator
43.PLEA
1. Term Plea
2. Definition A formal statement by or on behalf of a defendant or prisoner, stating guilt or
innocence in response to a charge, offering an allegation of fact, or claiming
that a point of law should apply.
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3. Example The Court reiterates that, according to Rule 55 of the Rules of Court, any plea
of inadmissibility must, in so far as its character and the circumstances permit,
be raised by the respondent Contracting Party in its written or oral observations
on the admissibility of the application (see Svinarenko and Slyadnevv. Russia
[GC], nos. 32541/08 and 43441/08, § 79, ECHR 2014 (extracts)).
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4. Origin early 13c., "lawsuit," from Anglo-French plai (late 12c.), Old French plait
"lawsuit, decision, decree" (9c.), from Medieval Latin placitum "lawsuit," in
classical Latin, "opinion, decree," literally "that which pleases, thing which is
agreed upon," properly neuter past participle of placere (see please). Sense
development seems to be from "something pleasant," to "something that
pleases both sides," to "something that has been decided." Meaning "a
pleading, an agreement in a suit" is attested from late 14c. Plea-bargaining is
first attested 1963. Common pleas (early 13c.) originally were legal
proceedings over which the Crown did not claim exclusive jurisdiction (as
distinct from pleas of the Crown); later "actions brought by one subject against
another."
5. Synonym Claim
6 Translation Cerere
44.SANCTION
1. Term Sanction
2. Definition A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.
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3. Example On 24 September 2008 the justice of the peace of Verkhovskiy District, Orel
Region, found the applicant guilty of infliction of bodily harm through
negligence, did not impose any sanction due to the expiry of the time-limit for
criminal prosecution and partly granted a civil suit against him.
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4. Origin c. 1400, from Anglo-French pleintif (late 13c.), noun use of Old French plaintif
"complaining; wretched, miserable," from plainte (see plaint). Identical with
plaintive at first; the form that receded into legal usage retained the older -iff
spelling.
5. Synonym Penality
6 Translation Pedeapsa, sanctiune
45.DEMURRER
1. Term Demurrer
2. Definition An objection granting the factual basis of an opponent's point but dismissing it
as irrelevant or invalid.
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3. Example The plaintiff issued a special demurrer to that plea, alleging it furnished no
legal justification or excuse for the defendant's action.
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4. Origin legal pleading, 1530s, from Anglo-French demurrer, Old French demorer "to delay,
retard"
5. Synonym Objection
6 Translation Disident
46.IN FINE
1. Term In fine
2. Definition
Finally; in short; to sum up.
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3. Example
Article 37 § 1 in fine includes the proviso that:
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4. Origin Latin
5. Synonym Finally
6 Translation In concluzie
47.PROVISO
1. Term Proviso
2. Definition A condition or qualification attached to an agreement or statement.
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3. Example
Article 37 § 1 in fine includes the proviso that:
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4. Origin mid-15c., from Medieval Latin proviso (quod) "provided (that)," phrase at the
beginning of clauses in legal documents (mid-14c.), from Latin proviso "it
being provided," ablative neuter of provisus, past participle of providere (see
provide). Related: Provisory.
5. Synonym Stipulation
48.ARSON
1. Term Arson
2. Definition The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.
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3. Example No injuries were reported in the fire, which police say could have been caused
by arson.
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4. Origin malicious burning of property," 1670s, from Anglo-French arsoun (late 13c.),
Old French arsion, from Late Latin arsionem (nominative arsio) "a burning,"
noun of action from past participle stem of Latin ardere "to burn," from PIE
root *as- "to burn, glow" (see ash (n.1)). The Old English term was bærnet,
literally "burning;" and Coke has indictment of burning (1640).
5. Synonym Incendiarism
6 Translation Incendiere
49.FILE
1. Term File
2. Definition Submit (a legal document, application, or charge) to be placed on record by the
appropriate authority.
6 Translation A solicita
50.INJUNCTION
1. Term Injunction
2. Definition A judicial order restraining a person from beginning or continuing an action
threatening or invading the legal right of another, or compelling a person to
carry out a certain act, e.g. to make restitution to an injured party.
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3. Example He said he was hopeful that the courts would grant injunctions ordering the
travellers off the land, but this could not be guaranteed.
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4. Origin early 15c., from Late Latin iniunctionem (nominative iniunctio) "a command,"
noun of action from past participle stem of Latin iniungere "impose, inflict,
bring upon," literally "attach to," from in- "on" (from PIE root *en "in") +
iungere "to join together," from nasalized form of PIE root *yeug- "to join."
5. Synonym Order
6 Translation Interdicție