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witness collapse: testimony by word or deed to your religious faith; someone who sees an event and reports what happened; (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature; (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law; be a witness to; "She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"; perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"

minority collapse: being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position"; a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part; any age prior to the legal age

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

sextant collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant; a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

white lie collapse: an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)

dowry collapse: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

medium of exchange collapse: anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region

divine right collapse: the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes; "the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century"

saxhorn collapse: any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves

rationing collapse: the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline"

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

French horn collapse: a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

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

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

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