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  • 21Accord and satisfaction — In contract law, accord and satisfaction is the purchase of the release from a debt obligation. The payment is typically less than what is owed and is not paid by the actual performance of the original obligation. The accord is the agreement to… …

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  • 22The Bollandists —     The Bollandists     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists     An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… …

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  • 23List of duels — The following is a list of famous duels.Historical duelsAntiquity*222 BC: Marcus Claudius Marcellus taking the spolia opima from Viridomarus, king of the Gaesatae, at the Battle of Clastidium. *29 BC: Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives vs. Deldo, king …

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  • 24Sociology of punishment — The sociology of punishment seeks to understand why and how we punish. Punishment usually involves the intentional infliction of pain or suffering or the deprivation of rights and/or liberties. These actions are generally understood to be morally …

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  • 25remedy — Synonyms and related words: abatement, abet, aid, allayment, alleviate, alleviation, ameliorate, amend, amends, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetizing, answer, antacid, antidote, appeasement, assist, assistance, assuagement, avail, bail out,… …

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  • 26satisfy — satisfiable, adj. satisfier, n. satisfyingly, adv. satisfyingness, n. /sat is fuy /, v., satisfied, satisfying. v.t. 1. to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty… …

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  • 27compensate — com·pen·sate / käm pən ˌsāt, ˌpen / vt sat·ed, sat·ing: to make an appropriate and usu. counterbalancing payment to compensate the victims for their injuries adequately compensated for her work com·pen·sa·to·ry /kəm pen sə ˌtōr ē/ adj …

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  • 28Harald Klak — Halfdansson (born probably c. 785 died after 829, probably murdered in 852) was a king in Jutland (and possibly other parts of Denmark) around 812 ndash;814 and again from 819 ndash;827. FamilyThe identity of his father is not certain. Harald… …

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  • 29recompense — Synonyms and related words: accord, amend, amends, atone, atone for, atonement, award, balance, balancing, blood money, comeuppance, commutation, compensate, compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, correct, correction, counteraction …

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  • 30atonement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Making amends Nouns 1. (act of atoning) atonement, reparation; compensation, quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, propitiation. See penitence, asceticism. 2. (sign of atonement) amends,… …

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