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Attempt
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AttemptAn endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime, carries beyond preparation, but lacking execution.
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Endeavor
Criminal law. An attempt.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Execution
1) Contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. 2) Criminal law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence.
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Attendant
One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him.
Attentat
In the language of the civil and canon laws, is anything whatsoever in the suit by the judge a quo, pending an appeal.
Attermining
The granting a time or term for the payment of a debt.
Attesting witness
One who, upon being required by the parties to an instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of identification.
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Attache
Connected with, attached to. This word is used to signify those persons who are attached to a foreign legation. An attache is a public minister which protects from violence "the person of an ambassador or other public minister."
Attachment
Crim. law, practice. A writ requiring a sheriff to apprehend a particular person, who has been guilty of. a contempt of court, and to bring the offender before the court.
Attachment of privilege
English law. A process by which a man by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs; and who has the privilege to answer there.
Attainder
English criminal law. Attinctura, the stain or corruption of blood which arises from being condemned for any crime.
Attaint
English law. 1) Atinctus, attainted, stained, or blackened. 2) A writ which lies to inquire whether a jury of twelve men gave a false verdict.
Attempt
Attendant
One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him.
Attentat
In the language of the civil and canon laws, is anything whatsoever in the suit by the judge a quo, pending an appeal.
Attermining
The granting a time or term for the payment of a debt.
Attesting witness
One who, upon being required by the parties to an instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of identification.
Attorn or attornment
To consent, implicitly or explicitly, to a transfer of a right. Often used to describe a situation where a tenant, by staying on location after the sale of the leased property, accepts to be a tenant of the new landlord; or where a person consents to ("attorns to") the jurisdiction of a court which would not have otherwise had any authority over that person.
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Endeavor
Criminal law. An attempt.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Execution
1) Contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. 2) Criminal law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence.
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Attendant
One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him.
Attentat
In the language of the civil and canon laws, is anything whatsoever in the suit by the judge a quo, pending an appeal.
Attermining
The granting a time or term for the payment of a debt.
Attesting witness
One who, upon being required by the parties to an instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of identification.
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Attache
Connected with, attached to. This word is used to signify those persons who are attached to a foreign legation. An attache is a public minister which protects from violence "the person of an ambassador or other public minister."
Attachment
Crim. law, practice. A writ requiring a sheriff to apprehend a particular person, who has been guilty of. a contempt of court, and to bring the offender before the court.
Attachment of privilege
English law. A process by which a man by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs; and who has the privilege to answer there.
Attainder
English criminal law. Attinctura, the stain or corruption of blood which arises from being condemned for any crime.
Attaint
English law. 1) Atinctus, attainted, stained, or blackened. 2) A writ which lies to inquire whether a jury of twelve men gave a false verdict.
Attempt
Attendant
One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him.
Attentat
In the language of the civil and canon laws, is anything whatsoever in the suit by the judge a quo, pending an appeal.
Attermining
The granting a time or term for the payment of a debt.
Attesting witness
One who, upon being required by the parties to an instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of identification.
Attorn or attornment
To consent, implicitly or explicitly, to a transfer of a right. Often used to describe a situation where a tenant, by staying on location after the sale of the leased property, accepts to be a tenant of the new landlord; or where a person consents to ("attorns to") the jurisdiction of a court which would not have otherwise had any authority over that person.
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