confirm+by+law

  • 121circumstantiate — index bear (adduce), cite (state), corroborate, demonstrate (establish), detail (particula …

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  • 122fortify — I verb assure, augment, authenticate, bolster, brace, buoy, buttress, cheer, confirm, comfort, document, embolden, encourage, endue, entrench, harden, hearten, help, inspirit, invigorate, make safe, nurture, protect, prop, ratify, reaffirm,… …

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  • 123make firm — index affirm (uphold), cement, concentrate (consolidate), confirm, consolidate (strengthen) …

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  • 124cramdown — In Chapter 13 bankruptcy, a reduction in the amount of a secured debt the debtor must repay to the replacement value of the collateral securing the debt. For example, if a debtor owes $5,000 on a car that s worth only $3,500, a cramdown would… …

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  • 125acquiesce — ac·qui·esce /ˌa kwē es/ vi esced, esc·ing: to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively often used with in and sometimes with to ac·qui·es·cence /ˌa kwē es əns/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 126fix — vt 1 a: to make firm, stable, or stationary b: to attach physically 2: to influence the actions, outcome, or effect of by improper or illegal methods conspiracy to defraud the government by fix ing income tax cases W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott,… …

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  • 127polling the jury — v. After a jury s verdict has been rendered, asking each individual member of a jury to confirm his or her vote, in order to ascertain unanimity, if requested by the defense. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000. polling the …

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  • 128accede — ac·cede /ak sēd, ik / vi ac·ced·ed, ac·ced·ing 1 a: to become a party (as to an agreement) by associating oneself with others they were invited to accede to the covenant b: to express approval or give consent the banker asks for collateral. The… …

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