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noun
- the jurisdiction of a justiciar
- formerly a high judicial officer
- (historical) A judge or justice.
- (historical) Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
- (Scotland, countable, chiefly historical) A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
- (historical) A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
- (historical) A magistrate.
- (Christianity, theology) A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
- (historical) A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
- (originally Scotland, uncountable) The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
adj
noun
- range of jurisdiction or influence
- the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
- surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- (uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
- (uncountable, with "the", sports) A racetrack, hippodrome.
- (uncountable, countable) A thick, carpet-like bed of algae.
- (uncountable, by extension) A person's domain or sphere of influence.
- (uncountable, slang) A territory claimed by a gang as their own.
- (countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.
- (uncountable, specifically) A surface of synthetic fibers made to look like grass; artificial turf.
- (uncountable, with "the", sports) The sport of racing horses.
- (countable) A block of peat used as fuel.
verb
- cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots
- (business) To cancel a project or product.
- To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
- (business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
- (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
- (medical slang, transitive) To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.
- (informal, transitive) To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.
noun
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink
- the act of preventing
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
- a heating element in an electric fire
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- (by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- (slang, hip-hop, chiefly in the plural) Hip-hop lyrics, especially ones written and delivered skillfully.
- (recreational drugs) A small, tablet-shaped dose of Xanax, typically containing two milligrams and able to be split into quarters.
- (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- (programming, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- (US, Philippines, law, usually with the) The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- (physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- (UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- (by extension, slang, chiefly in the plural) Something well-said or well-written.
- (farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- (typography) Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- (mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- (figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome; a standard or expectation.
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water; a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- The counter of such premises.
- (soccer, most codes) The crossbar.
- (law, metonymic, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
- (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
- (telecommunications, electronics) One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
verb
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noun
- (law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
- (graph theory) A closed trail.
- The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
- The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
- (law) Abbreviation of circuit court.
- The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
- The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
- Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
- That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
- (theater) A set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
- The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
- A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.
- (motor racing) A track on which a race is held; a racetrack
- (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
- (Methodism) The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
- A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
- A single completion of all of the exercises in a circuit training regime.
- (Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
- a racetrack for automobile races
- (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object
- movement once around a course
- an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
verb
adj
- Having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town.
- (US, UK, euphemistic, offensive) Of an inhabitant or resident: black; African-American.
- Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
- Living in a city or town.
- relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
- located in or characteristic of a city or city life
adj
- (law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
- Adequate for the purpose.
- (geology) Resistant to deformation or flow.
- (biology, medicine, of an organ, tissue, or system) Functionally in order; functioning adequately.
- (biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.
- adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional
- properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
- legally qualified or sufficient
noun
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
- an opinion formed by judging something
- the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of judgment.
noun
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
- an opinion formed by judging something
- the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
- (law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
- The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
- The act of judging.
- (theology) The final award; the last sentence.
- The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
noun
- Initialism of Resident Magistrate.
- Initialism of Routemaster, a type of London bus.
- Abbreviation of room; often visible on moving boxes.
- (military) Initialism of radio material.
- (religion) Initialism of religious movement.
- Initialism of rural municipality.
- Initialism of regional municipality.
- (typography) Initialism of right margin.
- Initialism of ring modulation.
- (historical) Initialism of reichsmark.
- (historical) Initialism of Roman month.
- (Mormonism) Initialism of returned missionary.
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adj
- Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
- Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
- (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
- Synonym of palatial.
- relating to or lying near the palate
- of or relating to a palace
- of or relating to a count palatine and the palatine's royal prerogatives
noun
- (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine.
- (historical) A fur cape or stole worn by women, which covers the neck and shoulders.
- (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone.
- Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
- A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
- (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
- any of various important officials in ancient Rome
- either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
adv
- (law) Done in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction for the documented act.
- (in quotations/citations) Used parenthetically to supply information which is not given in the portion of text being quoted, but is clearly given by its context, such as for quoted pronouns with unquoted antecedents.
- Namely, to wit, as follows.
verb
- carry out the legalities of
- put in effect
- murder in a planned fashion
- carry out or perform an action
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
- sign in the presence of witnesses
- (transitive) To perform.
- (transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
- (transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
- (intransitive, computing) To run, usually successfully.
- (transitive, computing) To start, launch, or run.
- (transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
noun
- The legal wherewithal to act.
- (uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
- (now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
- (countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
- the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
noun
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
- anything regarded as making something unclean
- Dung; compost; manure.
- (countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
- (uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- Country or territory.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
- (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
- A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
- That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
- A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
verb
- make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- (transitive) To make dirty.
- To make invalid, to ruin.
- (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
- To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
- (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food.
noun
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
- a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- an area of knowledge or interest
- A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
- A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
- A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
- (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
- (Australia) One of three of Australia's federal entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
- A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
- (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
- An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
- A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
- (Canada) One of three of Canada's federal entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
noun
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
verb
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
noun
- The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction.
- Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary.
- The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
- the position of judge
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
- the act of meting out justice according to the law
noun
- in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
- (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
- The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
- The power or right to exercise authority.
- The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.
- The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
- The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law.
noun
- A similar court of law in various other countries and jurisdictions.
- In England and Wales, a lower court of law that deals with less serious offences, as well as initial hearings for serious offences prior to referring these to the Crown Court. Cases are heard by two or three magistrates, or sometimes a district judge, without a jury.
noun
- The place where legal provisions stand as relevant for their interpretation.
- A branch of Christian theology that formulates an orderly, rational, and coherent account of Christian beliefs. It comprises dogmatics, ethics and philosophy of religion.
- The study of classification systems and nomenclature.
- The classification system of a branch of science, especially the classification of organisms in biology.
- the science of systematic classification
noun
verb
- (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
- (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word.
- (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
- (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
- (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
- (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
- (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
- require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- direct or strongly influence the behavior of
adj
- of or relating to jurisprudence
- established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
- allowed by official rules
- having legal efficacy or force
- relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
- Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.
- Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language.
- Having its basis in the law.
- (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
- (Philippines) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 13 inches (216 × 330 mm).
- Permitting the use and/or sale of cannabis; in which cannabis is lawful.
- Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- (Canada, US) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
noun
- (uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company or organization.
- (countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
- (countable, informal, US) One who immigrated lawfully.
- (uncountable, Canada, US) A paper sheet or document measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
adj
- having official authority or sanction
- verified officially
- of or relating to an office
- conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
- (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
- (Of a statement) Dubious but recognized by authorities as the truth or canon.
- Of or about an office or public trust.
- Discharging an office or function.
- Derived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority
- Approved by authority; authorized.
- (informal) True, real, beyond doubt.
- Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
- Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
- (pharmacology) Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
- (pharmacology) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
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noun
- (law) Initialism of district court.
- (computing) Initialism of disconnection.
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of difficulty class.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined contributions.
- (business) Initialism of distribution center.
- (electricity) Initialism of direct current.
- (degree) Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (banking) Initialism of debit card.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) Initialism of device context.
- (Kenya) Initialism of district commissioner.
- (prison) Initialism of disciplinary control.
- an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
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- Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics.
- (aviation) Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
- Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
- (informal) Abbreviation of Discord.
- Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
- Initialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA.
- Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP.
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- The governing body of such a district.
- A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
- (politics) In the Philippines and in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.
- people living in a town or city having local self-government
- an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
noun
- the jurisdiction of a justiciar
- formerly a high judicial officer
- (historical) A judge or justice.
- (historical) Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
- (Scotland, countable, chiefly historical) A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
- (historical) A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
- (historical) A magistrate.
- (Christianity, theology) A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
- (historical) A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
- (originally Scotland, uncountable) The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
adj
noun
- range of jurisdiction or influence
- the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
- surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- (uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
- (uncountable, with "the", sports) A racetrack, hippodrome.
- (uncountable, countable) A thick, carpet-like bed of algae.
- (uncountable, by extension) A person's domain or sphere of influence.
- (uncountable, slang) A territory claimed by a gang as their own.
- (countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.
- (uncountable, specifically) A surface of synthetic fibers made to look like grass; artificial turf.
- (uncountable, with "the", sports) The sport of racing horses.
- (countable) A block of peat used as fuel.
verb
- cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots
- (business) To cancel a project or product.
- To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
- (business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
- (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
- (medical slang, transitive) To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.
- (informal, transitive) To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.
noun
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink
- the act of preventing
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
- a heating element in an electric fire
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- (by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- (slang, hip-hop, chiefly in the plural) Hip-hop lyrics, especially ones written and delivered skillfully.
- (recreational drugs) A small, tablet-shaped dose of Xanax, typically containing two milligrams and able to be split into quarters.
- (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- (programming, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- (US, Philippines, law, usually with the) The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- (physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- (UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- (by extension, slang, chiefly in the plural) Something well-said or well-written.
- (farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- (typography) Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- (mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- (figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome; a standard or expectation.
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water; a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- The counter of such premises.
- (soccer, most codes) The crossbar.
- (law, metonymic, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
- (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
- (telecommunications, electronics) One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
verb
prep
noun
- (law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
- (graph theory) A closed trail.
- The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
- The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
- (law) Abbreviation of circuit court.
- The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
- The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
- Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
- That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
- (theater) A set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
- The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
- A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.
- (motor racing) A track on which a race is held; a racetrack
- (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
- (Methodism) The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
- A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
- A single completion of all of the exercises in a circuit training regime.
- (Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
- a racetrack for automobile races
- (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object
- movement once around a course
- an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
verb
noun
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
- an opinion formed by judging something
- the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of judgment.
noun
- (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
- an opinion formed by judging something
- the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
- (law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
- The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
- The act of judging.
- (theology) The final award; the last sentence.
- The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
noun
- Initialism of Resident Magistrate.
- Initialism of Routemaster, a type of London bus.
- Abbreviation of room; often visible on moving boxes.
- (military) Initialism of radio material.
- (religion) Initialism of religious movement.
- Initialism of rural municipality.
- Initialism of regional municipality.
- (typography) Initialism of right margin.
- Initialism of ring modulation.
- (historical) Initialism of reichsmark.
- (historical) Initialism of Roman month.
- (Mormonism) Initialism of returned missionary.
name
verb
noun
- The legal wherewithal to act.
- (uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
- (now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
- (countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
- the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
noun
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
- anything regarded as making something unclean
- Dung; compost; manure.
- (countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
- (uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- Country or territory.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
- (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
- A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
- That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
- A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
verb
- make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- (transitive) To make dirty.
- To make invalid, to ruin.
- (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
- To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
- (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food.
noun
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
- a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- an area of knowledge or interest
- A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
- A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
- A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
- (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
- (Australia) One of three of Australia's federal entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
- A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
- (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
- An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
- A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
- (Canada) One of three of Canada's federal entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
noun
- Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
- An organization for the administration of law, consisting of a body of judges with a certain jurisdiction along with its administrative apparatus.
- Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.
- one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
- (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
- The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
- An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
- The session of a judicial assembly.
- (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
- (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
- The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
- Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the Home Ownership Scheme.
- The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
- (ornithology) A space prepared and decorated by certain bird species in which to advertise themselves for a mate.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
- respectful deference
- the residence of a sovereign or nobleman
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
- a room in which a law court sits
- the sovereign and their advisers who are the governing power of a state
- a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
- the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
- a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area
verb
- (transitive) To seek to achieve or win (a prize).
- (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
- (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
- (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win affections.
- (transitive) To attempt to attract, in any way; to invite by attractions.
- (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
- (transitive) To engage in behavior conducive to mating with.
- engage in social activities leading to marriage
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
noun
- The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction.
- Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary.
- The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
- the position of judge
- an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
- the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
- the act of meting out justice according to the law
noun
- in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
- (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
- The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
- The power or right to exercise authority.
- The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.
- The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
- The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law.
noun
- A similar court of law in various other countries and jurisdictions.
- In England and Wales, a lower court of law that deals with less serious offences, as well as initial hearings for serious offences prior to referring these to the Crown Court. Cases are heard by two or three magistrates, or sometimes a district judge, without a jury.
noun
- The place where legal provisions stand as relevant for their interpretation.
- A branch of Christian theology that formulates an orderly, rational, and coherent account of Christian beliefs. It comprises dogmatics, ethics and philosophy of religion.
- The study of classification systems and nomenclature.
- The classification system of a branch of science, especially the classification of organisms in biology.
- the science of systematic classification
noun
verb
- (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
- (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word.
- (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
- (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
- (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
- (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
- (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
- require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- direct or strongly influence the behavior of
noun
- (law) Initialism of district court.
- (computing) Initialism of disconnection.
- (roleplaying games) Initialism of difficulty class.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined contributions.
- (business) Initialism of distribution center.
- (electricity) Initialism of direct current.
- (degree) Initialism of doctor of chiropractic.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (banking) Initialism of debit card.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) Initialism of device context.
- (Kenya) Initialism of district commissioner.
- (prison) Initialism of disciplinary control.
- an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
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adv
name
- Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics.
- (aviation) Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
- Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
- (informal) Abbreviation of Discord.
- Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
- Initialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA.
- Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP.
verb
noun
- The governing body of such a district.
- A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
- (politics) In the Philippines and in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.
- people living in a town or city having local self-government
- an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
verb
- carry out the legalities of
- put in effect
- murder in a planned fashion
- carry out or perform an action
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
- sign in the presence of witnesses
- (transitive) To perform.
- (transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
- (transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
- (intransitive, computing) To run, usually successfully.
- (transitive, computing) To start, launch, or run.
- (transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
adv
- (law) Done in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction for the documented act.
- (in quotations/citations) Used parenthetically to supply information which is not given in the portion of text being quoted, but is clearly given by its context, such as for quoted pronouns with unquoted antecedents.
- Namely, to wit, as follows.
adj
- Having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town.
- (US, UK, euphemistic, offensive) Of an inhabitant or resident: black; African-American.
- Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
- Living in a city or town.
- relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
- located in or characteristic of a city or city life
adj
- (law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
- Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
- Adequate for the purpose.
- (geology) Resistant to deformation or flow.
- (biology, medicine, of an organ, tissue, or system) Functionally in order; functioning adequately.
- (biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.
- adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional
- properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
- legally qualified or sufficient
adj
- Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
- Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.
- (historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
- Synonym of palatial.
- relating to or lying near the palate
- of or relating to a palace
- of or relating to a count palatine and the palatine's royal prerogatives
noun
- (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine.
- (historical) A fur cape or stole worn by women, which covers the neck and shoulders.
- (in the plural, historical) The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone.
- Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
- A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
- (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
- any of various important officials in ancient Rome
- either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
adj
- of or relating to jurisprudence
- established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
- allowed by official rules
- having legal efficacy or force
- relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
- Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.
- Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language.
- Having its basis in the law.
- (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
- (Philippines) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 13 inches (216 × 330 mm).
- Permitting the use and/or sale of cannabis; in which cannabis is lawful.
- Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- (Canada, US) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
noun
- (uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company or organization.
- (countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
- (countable, informal, US) One who immigrated lawfully.
- (uncountable, Canada, US) A paper sheet or document measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
adj
- having official authority or sanction
- verified officially
- of or relating to an office
- conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
- (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
- (Of a statement) Dubious but recognized by authorities as the truth or canon.
- Of or about an office or public trust.
- Discharging an office or function.
- Derived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority
- Approved by authority; authorized.
- (informal) True, real, beyond doubt.
- Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
- Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
- (pharmacology) Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
- (pharmacology) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.