deprive of force
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deprive — de·prive vt de·prived, de·priv·ing: to take away or withhold something from no person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law U.S. Constitution amend. V dep·ri·va·tion /ˌde prə vā shən, ˌdē ˌprī / n Merriam… … Law dictionary
deprive of legal force — index nullify Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Force Acts — can refer to several groups of acts passed by the United States Congress. The term usually refers to the events after the American Civil War.Jefferson s EmbargoThe first time a force act was used was in 1807, when Congress forced Jefferson s… … Wikipedia
de|force — «dih FRS, FOHRS», transitive verb, forced, forc|ing. Law. 1. to deprive (a person) of property by force; keep (a person) from his property by force. 2. to withhold (something) by force from the rightful owner. ╂ … Useful english dictionary
extort — ex·tort /ik stȯrt/ vt [Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere to remove by twisting, obtain by force, from ex out + torquere to twist]: to obtain (as money) from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or unlawful use of authority or… … Law dictionary
eviscerate — I verb cut out, damage, debilitate, deprive of essential parts, deprive of force, deprive of vital parts, devitalize, dig out, disembowel, dismantle, embowel, enervate, enfeeble, exenterate, exsect, extract, gut, harm, impair injure, mar, pick… … Law dictionary
dissolve — dissolvability, dissolvableness, n. dissolvable, adj. dissolver, n. dissolvingly, adv. /di zolv /, v. dissolved, dissolving, n. v.t. 1. to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water. 2. to melt;… … Universalium
cancel — can·cel vt celed or celled, cel·ing, or, cel·ling 1: to destroy the force, validity, or effectiveness of: as a: to render (one s will or a provision in one s will) ineffective by purposely making marks through or otherwise marring the text of… … Law dictionary
cancel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. delete; offset, neutralize; void, annul; postmark. See nullification, compensation, indication, nonpayment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To mark out] Syn. erase, eradicate, cross off, cross out, wipe out … English dictionary for students
emasculate — v. & adj. v.tr. 1 deprive of force or vigour; make feeble or ineffective. 2 castrate. adj. 1 deprived of force or vigour. 2 castrated. 3 effeminate. Derivatives: emasculation n. emasculator n. emasculatory adj. Etymology: L emasculatus past part … Useful english dictionary
