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Caveat :: Caveat (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc..

Leger :: Leger (n.) A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government.

Obeisance :: Obeisance (n.) A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.

Responsible :: Responsible (a.) Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office..

Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The courts by which anything is carried off.

Headnote :: Headnote (n.) A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court..

Nuncio :: Nuncio (n.) The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios..

Forest :: Forest (n.) A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own..

Civillty :: Civillty (n.) Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression.

Temporal :: Temporal (n.) Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts..

Oyer :: Oyer (n.) A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing..

Gallant :: Gallant (a.) Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

Vault :: Vault (v. t.) To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court..

Close :: Close (v. t.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within..

Druery :: Druery (n.) Courtship; gallantry; love; an object of love.

Chancellor :: Chancellor (n.) A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction..

Advocation :: Advocation (n.) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.

Monsignore :: Monsignore (n.) My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.).

Bail :: Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court..

Harbinger :: Harbinger (n.) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings..

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