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en·ter vi: to go or come in; specif: to go upon real property by right of entry esp. to take possessionlessor shall have the right to enter and take possession— often used in deeds and leasesvt1: to come or go into2: record register3: to put in correct form before a court or on a recordenter ed judgment against the defendant4: to go upon (real property) by right of entry esp. to take possessionif the lessee defaults, the lessor may enter the premises compare distrainen·ter·able adjenter into: to make oneself a party to or inno State shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation — U.S. Constitution art. Ientered into a lease
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(go in) verb
arrive, board, come in, cross the threshold, effect an entrance, gain admittance, gain entry, go into, mire, intrare, introire, make an entrance, pass into, set foot in, step in, walk in
associated concepts: breaking and entering, forcible entry, immigration, lawful entry, open and peaceable entry, trespass
II
(insert) verb
implant, infuse, inject, intercalate, interject, interpose, introduce, intromit, place into, put in, stick in
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(Penetrate), verb
bore, cut into, cut through, drill, empierce, gore, impale, infiltrate, interpenetrate, invade, lance, perforate, pervade, pierce, prick, puncture, sink into, stab, transpierce
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(record) verb
catalogue, check in, chronicle, enroll, file, inscribe, inscroll, jot down, list, log, make an entry, mark down, note, place in the record, post, put down, put in writing, put on record, referre, register, report, set down, tabulate, take down, transcribe, write down, write in
associated concepts: entered on the record, entry of a judgment
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index
book, compete, embark, enroll, file (place among official records), impanel, inscribe, introduce, join (associate oneself with), note (record), penetrate, pervade, record, register, set down
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.(1) To write down in a record; to file or deposit.(2) To go into a house or building; to go into a country or state.(3) To become a party to.n.entry
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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v. In real property, to pass upon or into; of litigation, to file or present to the court-for example, to enter an appearance into the record; of a contract, to enter into it means to sign or execute it.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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To form a constituent part; to become a part or partaker; to penetrate; share or mix with, as tin enters into the composition of pewter. To go or come into a place or condition; to make or effect an entrance; to cause to go into or be received into.In the law of real property, to go upon land for the purpose of taking possession of it. In strict usage, the entering is preliminary to the taking possession but in common parlance the entry is now merged in the taking possession.To place anything before a court, or upon or among the records, in a formal and regular manner, and usually in writing as in to enter an appearance, or to enter a judgment. In this sense the word is nearly equivalent to setting down formally in writing, in either a full or abridged form.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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To form a constituent part; to become a part or partaker; to penetrate; share or mix with, as tin enters into the composition of pewter. To go or come into a place or condition; to make or effect an entrance; to cause to go into or be received into.In the law of real property, to go upon land for the purpose of taking possession of it. In strict usage, the entering is preliminary to the taking possession but in common parlance the entry is now merged in the taking possession.To place anything before a court, or upon or among the records, in a formal and regular manner, and usually in writing as in to enter an appearance, or to enter a judgment. In this sense the word is nearly equivalent to setting down formally in writing, in either a full or abridged form.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.