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  • 31Church Property —     Property Ecclesiastical     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Property Ecclesiastical     Abstract Right of Ownership     That the Church has the right to acquire and possess temporal goods is a proposition which may now probably be considered an… …

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  • 32easement — ease·ment / ēz mənt/ n [Anglo French esement, literally, benefit, convenience, from Old French aisement, from aisier to ease, assist]: an interest in land owned by another that entitles its holder to a specific limited use or enjoyment (as the… …

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  • 33burden — bur‧den [ˈbɜːdn ǁ ˈbɜːrdn] noun [countable] 1. something that causes people a lot of difficulty or worry: • In less prosperous areas the taxes were, for many, such a burden that they lived in poverty. 2. particular costs such as taxes or interest …

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  • 34laden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. loaded, burdened, encumbered. See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. weighted, loaded, burdened; see full 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Burdened by a weighty load: heavy, heavy laden …

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  • 35burden — 01. Taking care of a puppy can be a real [burden] at times. They need to be walked, fed, played with, trained, etc. 02. My parents say they don t want to live with me when they are old because they don t want to be a [burden]. 03. I don t want to …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 36burden — bur|den1 W3S3 [ˈbə:dn US ˈbə:rdn] n [: Old English; Origin: byrthen] 1.) something difficult or worrying that you are responsible for burden of ▪ The burden of taxation has risen considerably. burden on ▪ I don t like being a burden on other… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37crossing courses — The established rule in the second circuit of the Federal courts that in a crossing situation the privileged vessel may cross the signal of the burdened vessel and hold her course and speed until it becomes evident that the burdened vessel either …

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  • 38heavy-laden — adjective 1. bearing a physically heavy weight or load tree limbs burdened with ice a heavy laden cart loaded down with packages • Syn: ↑burdened, ↑loaded down • Similar to: ↑encumbered …

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  • 39heavy-laden — adj. 1. burdened by cares. Syn: care laden. [WordNet 1.5] 2. bearing a heavy load; as, the heavy laden trucks wore deep ruts in the unpaved road. Syn: burdened, laden, weighed down. [WordNet 1.5] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution — The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) of the United States Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1913. This Amendment overruled Pollock v. Farmers Loan Trust Co. (1895), which greatly limited the Congress s authority to levy an income tax.… …

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