English words for 'Alternative form of Suining.'
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noun
- (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
- The thing claimed.
- The right or ground of demanding.
- A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
- A demand of ownership made for something.
- a demand
- demand for something as rightful or due
- an established or recognized right
- an informal right to something
- an assertion that something is true or factual
- an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
verb
- (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- To cause the loss of.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
- To demand ownership of.
- demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
- ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
verb
- (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
- (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
- (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.
- (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- deal with in a routine way
- shape, form, or improve a material
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- march in a procession
noun
- A series of events leading to a result or product.
- (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- (biology) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
- (anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
- (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
- (computing) An executable task or program.
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
noun
- (law) A party to a suit or litigation.
- (by extension) A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
- One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
- One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
- a man who courts a woman
verb
noun
- Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
- Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
- (now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
- The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
- Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
- A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
- A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
- (aviation) A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
- Common law, as contrasted with equity.
- (usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
- (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
- (linguistics) A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
- (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
- (law, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
- A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
- Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
- (fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
- a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- the collection of rules imposed by authority
- the force of policemen and officers
- legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
verb
adj
- Of or relating to the plaintiff in a lawsuit.
- Of or relating to someone (a first party) directly involved in a given transaction, such as a buyer or seller.
- (computing, hardware, software) Of products, created or published by the company responsible for the platform on which it is released (or its internal developers), as opposed to third-party.
adj
- subject to legal action
- (often followed by ‘to’) likely to be affected with
- at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
- held legally responsible
- (predicative, with to-infinitive) Likely.
- Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
- Subject; susceptible; prone.
- Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
- (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
- (chess) To move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it.
- To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
- To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
- (transitive) To occasion or bring about.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
- (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
- attract the attention of
- bestow a quality on
- bring into a different state
- induce or persuade
- advance or set forth in court
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- be accompanied by
- be sold for a certain price
- cause to come into a particular state or condition
- go or come after and bring or take back
intj
adj
- (law, said of a lawsuit) Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this.
- Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial.
- Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.
- not serious in content or attitude or behavior
verb
- (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- censure severely or angrily
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
noun
noun
- (law) Initialism of alternative dispute resolution.
- (aviation) Initialism of air data reference.
- (broadcasting, uncountable) Initialism of automatic dialogue replacement.
- (software engineering) Initialism of architectural decision record.
- (finance) Initialism of American depositary receipt.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of adverse drug reaction.
- (veterinary medicine, slang, uncountable) Initialism of ain't doin' right (the situation where an animal appears unwell but has not yet been diagnosed with any specific illness).
- (film, uncountable) Initialism of additional/audio dialogue replacement.
name
adj
- Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- 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.
- (Canada, US) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
- 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
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).
verb
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
noun
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
noun
- (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- (government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
verb
noun
- (law) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
- (always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
- Progress or movement from one thing to another.
- The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
- A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
- An event or happening; something that happens.
- (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
verb
noun
- (law) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
- (law) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.
- (law) An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
- An excuse; an apology.
- An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
- (law) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
- That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
- (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
- a humble request for help from someone in authority
- an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
verb
noun
- (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
- The thing claimed.
- The right or ground of demanding.
- A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
- A demand of ownership made for something.
- a demand
- demand for something as rightful or due
- an established or recognized right
- an informal right to something
- an assertion that something is true or factual
- an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
verb
- (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- To cause the loss of.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
- To demand ownership of.
- demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
- ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
noun
- (law) A party to a suit or litigation.
- (by extension) A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
- One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
- One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
- a man who courts a woman
verb
noun
- Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
- Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
- (now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
- The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
- Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
- A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
- A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
- (aviation) A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
- Common law, as contrasted with equity.
- (usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
- (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
- (linguistics) A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
- (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
- (law, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
- A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
- Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
- (fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
- a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- the collection of rules imposed by authority
- the force of policemen and officers
- legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
verb
noun
noun
- (law) Initialism of alternative dispute resolution.
- (aviation) Initialism of air data reference.
- (broadcasting, uncountable) Initialism of automatic dialogue replacement.
- (software engineering) Initialism of architectural decision record.
- (finance) Initialism of American depositary receipt.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of adverse drug reaction.
- (veterinary medicine, slang, uncountable) Initialism of ain't doin' right (the situation where an animal appears unwell but has not yet been diagnosed with any specific illness).
- (film, uncountable) Initialism of additional/audio dialogue replacement.
name
noun
- (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- (government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
verb
noun
- (law) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
- (always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
- Progress or movement from one thing to another.
- The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
- A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
- An event or happening; something that happens.
- (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
verb
noun
- (law) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
- (law) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.
- (law) An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
- An excuse; an apology.
- An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
- (law) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
- That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
- (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
- a humble request for help from someone in authority
- an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
verb
noun
- (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
- A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
- The thing claimed.
- The right or ground of demanding.
- A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
- A demand of ownership made for something.
- a demand
- demand for something as rightful or due
- an established or recognized right
- an informal right to something
- an assertion that something is true or factual
- an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
verb
- (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
- To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
- (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
- To cause the loss of.
- To demand ownership or right to use for land.
- To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
- To demand ownership of.
- demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
- ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
verb
- (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
- (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
- (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.
- (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- deal with in a routine way
- shape, form, or improve a material
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- march in a procession
noun
- A series of events leading to a result or product.
- (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- (biology) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
- (anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
- (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
- (computing) An executable task or program.
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
verb
- (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
- (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
- (chess) To move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it.
- To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
- To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
- (transitive) To occasion or bring about.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
- (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
- attract the attention of
- bestow a quality on
- bring into a different state
- induce or persuade
- advance or set forth in court
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- be accompanied by
- be sold for a certain price
- cause to come into a particular state or condition
- go or come after and bring or take back
intj
verb
- (transitive, British, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit against; to sue.
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
- (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold with abusive language.
- (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
- censure severely or angrily
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
noun
verb
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
noun
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
adj
- Of or relating to the plaintiff in a lawsuit.
- Of or relating to someone (a first party) directly involved in a given transaction, such as a buyer or seller.
- (computing, hardware, software) Of products, created or published by the company responsible for the platform on which it is released (or its internal developers), as opposed to third-party.
adj
- subject to legal action
- (often followed by ‘to’) likely to be affected with
- at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
- held legally responsible
- (predicative, with to-infinitive) Likely.
- Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
- Subject; susceptible; prone.
- Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
adj
- (law, said of a lawsuit) Having no reasonable prospect of success because its claim is without merit, lacking a supporting legal or factual basis, while the filing party is, or should be, aware of this.
- Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial.
- Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.
- not serious in content or attitude or behavior
adj
- Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- 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.
- (Canada, US) Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).
- 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
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).