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lay the foundation — index build (construct), initiate, plan, plant (place firmly) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lay the foundation for — index originate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lay the foundation — Synonyms and related words: base, blaze the trail, break the ice, build, build in, clear the way, cultivate the soil, establish, fix, found, go in advance, ground, install, invest, lay the groundwork, open the way, pave the way, pitch, plant,… … Moby Thesaurus
lay a foundation — The act of demonstrating to a judge that a piece of evidence a litigant would like to introduce meets evidence rules requirements concerning authenticity and trustworthiness. For example, a medical report cannot be introduced unless the physician … Law dictionary
lay the foundation for — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. construct, put up, fabricate; see build 1 , create 2 , form 1 … English dictionary for students
lay a foundation — verb a) To elicit information from a witness to show that the witness has knowledge of a matter before the witness testifies to the matter itself. In order to lay a foundation for the witness to describe the murder, the prosecutor first had to… … Wiktionary
lay the groundwork — verb To create a foundation; to provide the basics or fundamentals. The introductory mathematics courses will lay the groundwork for all your subsequent engineering studies … Wiktionary
lay the foundations — put the foundation in place … English contemporary dictionary
The Thirty Years War — The Thirty Years War † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Thirty Years War The Thirty Years War (1618 48), though pre eminently a German war, was also of great importance for the history of the whole of Europe, not only because nearly all… … Catholic encyclopedia
John Adams: The Foundation of Government — ▪ Primary Source The prospect of independence meant more than fighting a war with Britain. It also entailed the formation of new governments in America. In January of 1776, George Wythe, of Virginia, asked John Adams to draw up a… … Universalium
