Disqualify

  • 91disqualification — 1710s, agent noun from DISQUALIFY (Cf. disqualify) …

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  • 92recuse — verb 1. disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case • Derivationally related forms: ↑recusant, ↑recusation, ↑recusal • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 93ALTAR — (Heb. מִזְבֵּח, mizbe aḥ, derived from the root zbḥ (זבח), meaning to slaughter (as a sacrifice) ), originally the place where sacrificial slaughter was performed (e.g., the sacrifice of Isaac in Gen. 22). According to biblical law however,… …

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  • 94BET DIN AND JUDGES — (Heb. בֵּית דִּין; lit. house of judgment ). Bet din (pl. battei din) is the term, in rabbinic sources, for a Jewish court of law. In modern times it usually refers to   an ecclesiastical court dealing with religious matters such as divorce, and… …

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  • 95COHEN — COHEN, prominent U.S. family in the 18th–19th centuries, mostly in Baltimore. JACOB I. (1744–1823) was the first of the family to go from Oberdorf, Germany, to the U.S. (1773). He served in the Revolutionary Army, and in 1780 settled in Richmond …

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  • 96EVIDENCE — Non Evidentiary Proceedings in Biblical Law The revelation of divine law is found not only in legislation but also in adjudication in particular cases (cf. Lev. 24:12–13; Num. 15:32–34; 27:1–8; Deut. 1:17), whether through Moses or judges or… …

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  • 97KABRITHA — KABRITHA, a village in the territory of Ptolemais (Acre). In the talmudic lists describing the area held by those who returned from Babylonian exile, it is located on the border between the wall of Acre to the north and the spring of Ga aton to… …

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  • 98RIGHTS, HUMAN — The following article deals with the subject of human rights, their essence and the contents of various fundamental rights as reflected in the sources of Jewish Law. The interpretation of Israel s Basic Laws concerning human rights in accordance… …

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  • 99Disenable — Dis en*a ble, v. t. [Pref. dis + enable.] To disable; to disqualify. [1913 Webster] The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak. State Trials (1640). [1913 Webster] …

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  • 100Dishabilitate — Dis ha*bil i*tate, v. t. [Cf. {Disability}.] To disqualify. [R.] [1913 Webster] …

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