consecutive sentences — Successive sentences, one beginning at the expiration of another, imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations. (See also cumulative or concurrent sentences.) Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations … Law dictionary
Double spaced sentences — Double spacing at the ends of sentences is a typographical convention that has sometimes been termed English spacing. Since the mid 1990s, it has often been termed French spacing, although that term has traditionally referred to the practice of… … Wikipedia
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variable — (logic) A fundamental notion of modern logic. Intuitively, suppose we have a class of objects about which we might be interested (a domain), and we start with a simple sentence ‘Jane is hungry’. We then strike out mention of Jane, leaving a gap… … Philosophy dictionary
Euphuism — is a mannered style of English prose, taking its name from works by John Lyly who, however, did not invent the term. It took the form of a preciously ornate and sophisticated style that employed a wide range of literary devices such as antitheses … Wikipedia
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Paradiastole — (Greek, from παρα, para , next to, alongside, and στολη, stole , dress, dressing up) is the use of euphemism to soften the force of naming a vice or a virtue.Silva Rhetoricae (2006). [http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/P/paradiastole.htm… … Wikipedia
List of law topics (S-Z) — NOTOC Law [From Old English lagu something laid down or fixed ; legal comes from Latin legalis , from lex law , statute ( [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=law searchmode=none Law] , Online Etymology Dictionary; [http://www.m… … Wikipedia
conjunct — /kənˈdʒʌŋkt/ (say kuhn jungkt), /ˈkɒndʒʌŋkt/ (say konjungkt) adjective 1. conjoined; associate. 2. formed by conjunction. –noun 3. Grammar a type of adverb such as therefore which links the propositions of two successive sentences, without… …
epistrophe — n. Rhetoric, repetition of same phrase at end of successive sentences. ♦ epistropheal, ♦ epistrophic, a … Dictionary of difficult words