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Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger..

Duty :: Duty (n.) That which is due; payment.

Employ :: Employ (v. t.) To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy..

Default :: Default (v. i.) To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty..

Bedright Bedrite :: Bedright Bedrite (n.) The duty or privilege of the marriage bed.

Forestage :: Forestage (n.) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.

Hogreeve :: Hogreeve (n.) A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.

Inofficious :: Inofficious (a.) Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance..

Bondage :: Bondage (a.) Obligation; tie of duty.

Permit :: Permit (n.) Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty..

Justification :: "Justification (n.) The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification..

Serve :: Serve (v. i.) To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc..

Supererogation :: Supererogate (v. i.) To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality.

Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires..

Elope :: Elope (v. t.) To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart..

Negligence :: Negligence (n.) The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

Marquis :: Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent..

Patron :: Patron (a.) Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

Service :: Service (n.) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

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