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Obedience
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ObedienceThe performance of a command.
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Performance
The act of doing something; the thing done is also called a performance.
Command
1) It signifies an order; an apprentice is bound to obey the lawful command of his master; a constable may command rioters to keep the peace. 2) He who commands another to do an unlawful act, is accessary to it. 3) Command is also equivalent to deputation or voluntary substitution; as, when a master employs one to do a thing, he is said to have Commanded him to do it; and he is responsible accordingly.
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Old lady
In the US penitentiary slang, passive partner in a prison homosexual relationship.
On the bottle
In the US penitentiary slang, subject to random or mandatory drug testing.
On the leg
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner who is always chatting with officers.
On the river
In Louisiana penitentiary slang, a phrase used to describe time spent at Angola State Prison, which is surrounded by rivers on three sides.
Oath
A declaration made according to law, before a competent tribunal or officer, to tell the truth; or it is the act of one who, when lawfully required to tell the truth, takes God to witness that what he says is true. It is a religious act by which the party invokes God not only to witness the truth and sincerity of his promise, but also to avenge his imposture or violated faith, or in other words to punish his perjury if he shall be guilty of it.
Obedience
Obit
That particular solemnity or office for the dead, which the Roman Ca- tholic church appoints to be read or performed over the body of a deceased member of that communion before interment; also the office which, upon the anniversary of his death, was frequently used as a commemoration or observance of the day.
Obiter dicta
Such opinions, uttered "by the way", not upon the point or question pending, but as if turning aside for the time from the main topic to a collateral subject.
Obiter dictum
By the way..., referring to a finding of law in a decision where that finding was based on issues not properly before the court. It is an opinion expressed by a court upon a question of law, which is not necessary to the decision of the case before it.
Objection
The verbal response of a lawyer when something inappropriate is happening during a trial or deposition. it is one of many steps involved in protecting the record.
Oblation
Ecclesiastical law. In a general sense the property which accrues to the church by any right or title whatever; but, in a more limited sense, it is that which the priest receives at the altar, at the celebration of the eucharist
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Performance
The act of doing something; the thing done is also called a performance.
Command
1) It signifies an order; an apprentice is bound to obey the lawful command of his master; a constable may command rioters to keep the peace. 2) He who commands another to do an unlawful act, is accessary to it. 3) Command is also equivalent to deputation or voluntary substitution; as, when a master employs one to do a thing, he is said to have Commanded him to do it; and he is responsible accordingly.
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Old lady
In the US penitentiary slang, passive partner in a prison homosexual relationship.
On the bottle
In the US penitentiary slang, subject to random or mandatory drug testing.
On the leg
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner who is always chatting with officers.
On the river
In Louisiana penitentiary slang, a phrase used to describe time spent at Angola State Prison, which is surrounded by rivers on three sides.
Oath
A declaration made according to law, before a competent tribunal or officer, to tell the truth; or it is the act of one who, when lawfully required to tell the truth, takes God to witness that what he says is true. It is a religious act by which the party invokes God not only to witness the truth and sincerity of his promise, but also to avenge his imposture or violated faith, or in other words to punish his perjury if he shall be guilty of it.
Obedience
Obit
That particular solemnity or office for the dead, which the Roman Ca- tholic church appoints to be read or performed over the body of a deceased member of that communion before interment; also the office which, upon the anniversary of his death, was frequently used as a commemoration or observance of the day.
Obiter dicta
Such opinions, uttered "by the way", not upon the point or question pending, but as if turning aside for the time from the main topic to a collateral subject.
Obiter dictum
By the way..., referring to a finding of law in a decision where that finding was based on issues not properly before the court. It is an opinion expressed by a court upon a question of law, which is not necessary to the decision of the case before it.
Objection
The verbal response of a lawyer when something inappropriate is happening during a trial or deposition. it is one of many steps involved in protecting the record.
Oblation
Ecclesiastical law. In a general sense the property which accrues to the church by any right or title whatever; but, in a more limited sense, it is that which the priest receives at the altar, at the celebration of the eucharist
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