Definition of term

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Term (n.) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions..

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Usucaption :: Usucaption (n.) The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.
Direct :: Direct (v. t.) To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army..
Terminant :: Terminant (n.) Termination; ending.
Inulin :: Inulin (n.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc..
Parley :: Parley (v. i.) To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace..
Nepenthes :: Nepenthes (n.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant..
Adjudicate :: Adjudicate (v. t.) To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree..
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied..
Bank Bill :: Bank bill () In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency..
Determination :: Determination (n.) Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
Assess :: Assess (v.) To fix or determine the rate or amount of.
Consultive :: Consultive (a.) Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative..
Compounder :: Compounder (n.) One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises..
Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay..
Propagulum :: Propagulum (n.) A runner terminated by a germinating bud.
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom..
Tapestry :: Tapestry (n.) A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery..
Defilading :: Defilading (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected..
Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation.
Blossom :: Blossom (n.) The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.
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