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bargain collapse: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"; an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"; come to terms; arrive at an agreement

testimony collapse: something that serves as evidence; "his effort was testimony to his devotion"; an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact; "according to his own testimony he can't do it"; a solemn statement made under oath

newspaper collapse: the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"; a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"; a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers"; cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; "they used bales of newspaper every day"

title collapse: an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"; an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title"; an appellation signifying nobility; "`your majesty' is the appropriate title to use in addressing a king"; the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.; "he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title"; "he refused to give titles to his paintings"; "I can never remember movie titles"; a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools"; (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action; "the titles go by faster than I can read"; a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; "the novel had chapter titles"

equitable collapse: implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"

jointure collapse: (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

plebeian collapse: one of the common people; of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"

hacienda collapse: the main house on a ranch or large estate; a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries

documented collapse: furnished with or supported by documents; "the first documented case of shark attack in those waters"

prepossession collapse: the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable"

justice collapse: the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is justice denied"; the quality of being just or fair

actionable collapse: affording grounds for legal action; "slander is an actionable offense"

judicial collapse: decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice; "a judicial decision"; relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge; "judicial system"; belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge; "judicial robes"

incapability collapse: the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; lack of potential for development

caste collapse: a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth; (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity; social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

easement collapse: (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)

landholding collapse: a holding in the form of land; ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land

writing collapse: the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"; the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"; letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"; the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"; (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"

infancy collapse: the earliest state of immaturity; the early stage of growth or development

ombudsman collapse: a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government

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