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  • 91oyer and terminer — to hear and determine , now obsolete, the commission given to judges of the assize. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001. oyer and terminer (French …

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  • 92lawless — law·less adj 1: not restrained or controlled by law 2: illegal a lawless act law·less·ly adv law·less·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dicti …

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  • 93wrongful — wrong·ful / rȯŋ fəl/ adj 1: constituting a wrong; esp: injurious to the rights of another a wrongful act or omission 2: unlawful remained in wrongful occupation of the property a wrongful occupant …

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  • 94contrary to law — I adjective criminal, false, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, lawless, malefactory, malfeasant, outlawed, prohibited, proscribed, tortious, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed, wrong associated concepts:… …

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  • 95criminous — I adjective blameful, blameworthy, censurable, condemnable, corrupt, criminal, culpable, degenerate, dishonest, errant, evil, felonious, flagitious, flagrant, fraudulent, guilty, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, inexcusable, infamous, iniquitous,… …

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  • 96nefarious — I adjective abominable, arrant, bad, base, confounded, contemptible, corrupt, criminal, degenerate, deplorable, depraved, despicable, detestable, devilish, diabolical, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, dissolute, dreadful, evil, execrable …

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  • 97homicide — n. 1) to commit homicide 2) excusable; felonious; justifiable homicide * * * [ hɒmɪsaɪd] felonious justifiable homicide excusable to commit homicide …

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  • 98theft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. larceny, stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. robbery, racket, thievery, larceny, stealing, swindling, swindle, cheating, defrauding, rapacity, fraud, piracy, burglary, pillage, pilfering, plunder,… …

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  • 99illegal — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. illicit, unlawful, prohibited, contraband, banned, unconstitutional, outside the law, extralegal, outlawed, not legal, unauthorized, unlicensed, lawless, actionable, verboten (German), sub rosa (Latin), illegitimate,… …

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  • 100feloniously — Of, pertaining to, or having, the quality of felony. Proceeding from an evil heart or purpose; done with a deliberate intention of committing a crime. Golden v. Commonwealth, 245 Ky. 19, 53 S.W.2d 185, 186. Without color of right or excuse.… …

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