Week 7 Flashcards

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False or assumed identity

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Alias

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Free someone from criminal charge

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Acquit

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Act of passing something onto someone else, legacy

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Bequest

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Addition that explains, modifies or revokes a will

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Codicil

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Theft of funds placed in ones trust

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Embezzlement

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Legally entitled to property or rank of another after their death

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Heir

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Authoritative warning or order

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Injunction

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Theory or philosophy of law

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Jurisprudence

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Offense of telling untruth in court after oath

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Perjury

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Worship, regard or treat someone as a god

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Deify

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Showing deep religious feeling or commitment

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Devout

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Believing or practicing religious unorthodox

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Heretical

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Conforming to what is traditionally accepted

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Orthodox

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Making a show of being morally superior

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Sanctimonious

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Morally wholesome or acceptable

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Savory

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Perceived by touch

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Tactile

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Difficult to tolerate or accept (bad taste)

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Unpalatable

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Longer than the most direct way

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Circuitous

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Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner

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Brusque

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Bad tempered, argumentative and uncooperative

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Cantankerous

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Dispute the truth, validity or honest of a statement

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Impugn

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Wary and unwilling to take risk

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Circumspect

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Showing persistence / determination

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Dogged

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Kept secret or done secretly

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Clandestine

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Not openly acknowledged or displayed

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Covert