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  • 11state's evidence — n: a participant or accomplice in a crime who gives evidence to the prosecution esp. in return for a reduced sentence used chiefly in the phrase turn state s evidence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. state s evidence …

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  • 12State and Local Affairs — ▪ 1997 Introduction       States continued to be at the centre of national debates on public policy during 1996. The U.S. Congress, reacting in part to successful experimentation by a number of states, enacted a historic welfare reform measure… …

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  • 13Reduced — Reduce Re*duce (r[ e]*d[=u]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reduced} ( d[=u]st ),; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reducing} ( d[=u] s[i^]ng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red . re , re + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Redoubt}, n.] 1. To bring or lead back to …

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  • 14Reduced iron — Reduce Re*duce (r[ e]*d[=u]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reduced} ( d[=u]st ),; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reducing} ( d[=u] s[i^]ng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red . re , re + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Redoubt}, n.] 1. To bring or lead back to …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15State Transport Authority (South Australia) — This article is about the State Transport Authority in South Australia. The same name was also used in the State of Victoria. The State Transport Authority (STA) was the government agency which controlled public transport within the State of… …

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  • 16State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme — The State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS) is a UK Government pension arrangement. The scheme ran from 6 April 1978 to 5 April 2002. Everybody who paid full class 1 National Insurance at some point between 1978 and 2002 earned a pension… …

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  • 17reduced circumstances — used euphemistically to refer to the state of being poor after being relatively wealthy a divorcee living in reduced circumstances * * * reduced circumstances formal : a situation in which you have less money than you used to have He found… …

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  • 18State Second Pension — On 6 April 2002, the Labour Government introduced the State Second Pension, or S2P to provide a more generous pension provision for UK workers. The main aim of this change was to enhance existing Additional Pension (or AP ) benefits for low and… …

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  • 19Reduced to Ashes (book) — Infobox Book name = Reduced To Ashes: The Insurgency and Human Rights in Punjab title orig = image caption = Cover page. author = Ram Narayan Kumar with Amrik Singh, Ashok Agrwaal and Jaskaran Kaur cover artist = Marlyn Tadros, Hendrik van der… …

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  • 20state — A condition, situation, or status. [L. status, condition, s.] absent s. SYN: dreamy s.. activated s. SYN: excited s.. anxiety tension s. a milder form of an anxiety disorder. See anxiety disorders, under disorder …

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