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all rights reservedThe copyright holder of a creative work reserves all copyright-related rights, typically including the right to publish the work, to make derivative works of it, to distribute it, to make profit from it, to license a number of these rights to other people, and to forbid these uses by any unauthorized people, thus being entitled to take legal action against infringement.Rate it:

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allanamiento de moradaDelito que consiste en entrar o quedarse en un domicilio o en una propiedad ajena sin permiso legal de las autoridades o de sus dueños u ocupantes.Rate it:

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any way one slices itFrom any perspective; in every case.Rate it:

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audience à huis closA case heard in camera.Rate it:

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back-to-back-to-backsequential or consecutive, in the case of exactly three events.Rate it:

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barrelA solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case.Rate it:

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bbsAlternative letter-case form of BBS.Rate it:

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be it as it mayEven if that is the case; whether that is true or not; nevertheless.Rate it:

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believe one's earsTo believe that something which one hears is truly the case.Rate it:

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board outto send (children or pets) to stay with other people (or to boarding school, in the case of children)Rate it:

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by the bookIn a manner which adheres strictly to rules, legal requirements, or official procedures.Rate it:

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by-the-bookAdhering strictly to rules, legal requirements, or official procedures.Rate it:

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c'est à prendre ou à laisserYou must take it or leave it; It’s a case of Hobson’s choice.Rate it:

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c'est un cas de force majeureIt is a case of absolute necessity; It is an utter impossibility.Rate it:

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carta poderDocumento legal privado, de menor formalidad que un poder notarial, mediante el cual el otorgante apodera a determinada persona para la realización de actos jurídicos en su representaciónRate it:

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causā or iudicio vincereto win a case.Rate it:

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causā or lite cadere (owing to some informality)to lose one's case.Rate it:

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causa privataa civil case.Rate it:

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causa publica (Brut. 48. 178)a criminal case.Rate it:

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causam alicuius agere (apud iudicem)to conduct a person's case (said of an agent, solicitor).Rate it:

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causam alicuius defendereto conduct some one's defence in a case.Rate it:

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causam inferiorem dicendo reddere superiorem (λόγον κρείττω ποιειν) (Brut. 8. 30)to gain a weak case by clever pleading.Rate it:

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causam optimam habere (Lig. 4. 10)to have a good case.Rate it:

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causam or litem amittere, perdereto lose one's case.Rate it:

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causam or litem obtinereto win a case.Rate it:

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causam suscipereto undertake a case.Rate it:

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caveat emptorA provision of Roman law which gave the seller of a house the legal right to keep quiet about any defects of the house.Rate it:

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common lawOne of two legal systems in England and in the United States before 1938 (the other being equity).Rate it:

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common lawLaw developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals (also called case law), as distinguished from legislative statutes or regulations promulgated by the executive branch.Rate it:

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companyIn non-legal context, any business, without respect to incorporation.Rate it:

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consideration of dispositionlegal termRate it:

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dry powdercash (or cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need.Rate it:

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eadem (longe alia) est huius rei ratiothe case is exactly similar (entirely different).Rate it:

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et uxor"and the wife" or "and his wife". It is often used in the context of a legal document to include a man's wife in whatever obligation, ownership, etc. the document spells out.Rate it:

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expressio unius est exclusio alteriusA canon of construction holding that, when a legal document includes a list, anything not in that list is assumed to be purposely excluded.Rate it:

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false alarmA person who pretends to be more accomplished or a thing that seems to be of higher quality than is later found to be the case.Rate it:

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fire hoseA hose used to deliver water in case of fire.Rate it:

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for good measureAs a precaution; just in case; added as an extra.Rate it:

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grey marketDealing in shares using methods that are legal but officially frowned upon - for example, before issue and flotation.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed to advance the interests of his or her employer, especially in a vigorous manner using such methods as political lobbying, legal advocacy, or persuasion.Rate it:

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hold courtTo convene or preside over a trial or other legal proceeding in a court of law.Rate it:

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hold someone's feet to the fireTo maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions.Rate it:

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hospital passAn unwinnable case, often passed to a newly-qualified member of the firm.Rate it:

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I don't knowA reason and common excuse used to state that a person is unclear of why something did or did not happen, or is or is not the case.Rate it:

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I think soI believe that is the case, but am not certain.Rate it:

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ICYWWInitialism of In case you were wondering.Rate it:

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if anythingUsed to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case.Rate it:

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in the interest of justicethe reason of case dismissal used when the judge decides that justice will be best served when the case is dismissedRate it:

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in troubleTo be in a situation where you have said or done something which is illegal, prohibited, forbidden or proscribed that makes you subject to punishment, reprimand, consequences, punishment, retribution and/or legal action (usually an undesirable situation, unless said sarcastically or humorously)Rate it:

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iudicare causam (de aliqua re)to decide on the conduct of the case.Rate it:

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