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This document defines various legal terms and concepts: 1. It provides definitions for legal terms like abrogate, assails, anomalous, apprehensive, disbursement, purported, propriety, adduce, certiorari, omnibus motion, vagueness, gamut, struck down, "love child", exasperated, "pendente lite", "cause of action", ex parte, filiation, arrears, alimony, avvers, rationacion, impugning, putative, absoluta sententia expositore non indiget, peremptorily, indicted, stipulate, due course, discrepancy, indemnify, insolvency, insuperable

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Law Dictionary

This document defines various legal terms and concepts: 1. It provides definitions for legal terms like abrogate, assails, anomalous, apprehensive, disbursement, purported, propriety, adduce, certiorari, omnibus motion, vagueness, gamut, struck down, "love child", exasperated, "pendente lite", "cause of action", ex parte, filiation, arrears, alimony, avvers, rationacion, impugning, putative, absoluta sententia expositore non indiget, peremptorily, indicted, stipulate, due course, discrepancy, indemnify, insolvency, insuperable

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Abrogate - the cancellation, annulment or repeal of either a law, right or formal agreemen

Assails - criticize
Anomalous - irregular
Apprehensive - anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
Disbursement - the payment of money from a fund.
Purported - alleged
Propriety - the details or rules of behavior conventionally considered to be correct.
Adduce - cite as evidence
Certiorari - a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a decision of a lower court.
Omnibus Motion - a request made to a court that asks for multiple things at once. It's like
asking for many different things in one big request.
Vagueness - lack of certainty
Gamut - the complete range or scope of something.
Struck down - to declare (a law) illegal and unenforceable.
“Love child” - a child born to parents who are not married to each other.
Exasperated - intensely irritated and frustrated.
“Pendente lite” - awaiting the litigation
“Cause of action” - the act or omission by which a party violates a right of another.
Ex parte - for one party
Filiation - the fact of being or of being designated the child of a particular parent or parents
Arrears - money that is owed and should have been paid earlier
Alimony - financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during
separation or following divorce.
Avvers - state or assert to be the case
Rationacion - the process of making judgments about something based on sensible thinking or
logic
Impugning - dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question.
Putative - generally considered or reputed to be.
Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget - plain language does not need an interpreter
Peremptorily - ​in a way that allows no discussion or possibility of refusing
Indicted - formally accused of or charged with a serious crime.
Stipulate - demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of a bargain or agreement.
Due course - the fair and just legal proceedings that protect people's rights
Discrepancy - a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.
Indemnify - compensate (someone) for harm or loss.
Insolvency - inability to pay
Insuperable cause - is a cause which has lawfully, morally or physically prevented a person to
do what the law commands
Preliminary injunction - temporary relief that preserves the status quo until the courts decide
on the merits of the case.
Locus standi - is defined as “a right of appearance in a court of justice on a given question
Judicial legislation - laws held to be created by the pronouncements of a judge who departs
from a strict interpretation of a law according to the manifest intention of the legislature.
Exegesis - critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.
Exclusionary right - a judge‐made rule that evidence obtained by the government in violation
of a defendant's constitutional rights can't be used against him or her.
Interregnum - no constitution or Bill of Rights existed, directives and orders issued by
government officers were valid
Sequestration - the seizure of property of an individual by a government, which uses it to its
own benefit.
Corollary - A consequence or result that can be logically drawn from the existence of a set of
facts by the exercise of common sense and reason.
De jure government- is the legal, legitimate government of a state and is so recognized by
other states.
De facto government - is in actual possession of authority and control of the state.

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