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litigation collapse: a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

prosecution collapse: the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior; the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant

nominative collapse: the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb; named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock"; serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative"

prepositional collapse: of or relating to or formed with a preposition; "prepositional phrase"

dossier collapse: a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)

solicitor collapse: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents; a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes

counselor collapse: someone who gives advice about problems; someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp

cause collapse: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"; events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"; give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

specimen collapse: a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes; "they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis"; an example regarded as typical of its class

due process collapse: (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards

casket collapse: small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables; enclose in a casket

procurator collapse: (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes

amicus curiae collapse: an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest

pleading collapse: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

paranoid collapse: a person afflicted with paranoia; suffering from paranoia

schizophrenic collapse: someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia; suffering from some form of schizophrenia; "schizophrenic patients"

carton collapse: a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top; the quantity contained in a carton

alphabetic collapse: arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order"; relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet; "alphabetical writing system"

outpatient collapse: a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated

suit collapse: a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit"; playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"; a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank; a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"; be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"; be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"

script collapse: a particular orthography or writing system; a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance; write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"

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