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1. assignability, n. View full entry 1884
...Capability of being assigned....
2. contra proferentem, adv. View full entry 1927
...Against the party which proposes or adduces a contract or a condition in a contract. Cf. proferens...
3. ˌcounter-ˈclaim | ˈcounterˌclaim, v. View full entry 1881
...trans. To claim as against a prior claim, or against the plaintiff; absol. to put in a counter-claim....
4. crofterize, v. View full entry 1907
...trans. To convert into a croft-tenancy....
5. desequestrate, v. View full entry 1959
...trans. To release from sequestration; to return to its owner....
6. incriminatory, adj. View full entry 1861
...Tending to incriminate....
7. jong, n.2 View full entry 1904
...A Tibetan building (also, a territorial and administrative division) constituting a prefecture, freq. also serving as a fortress, a monastery, or both....
8. Latinity, n. View full entry 1619
...The manner of speaking or writing Latin; Latin (with reference to its construction or style)....
9. mafia, n. View full entry 1866
...Usu. as the Mafia. An organized secret society of criminals, thought to have originated in Sicily but now operating internationally, esp. in the United States....
10. mafioso, n. View full entry 1875
...A member or supporter of the Mafia....
11. Mann Act, n. View full entry 1910
...An act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1910 making it a federal offence to transport or induce a woman or minor across interstate boundaries for criminal sexual activity (...
12. mijnpacht, n. View full entry 1887
...A mining lease granted (in terms of mining laws) to the owner or lessee of the mining rights on land proclaimed a public gold field, entitling this person to claim a certain...
13. millionaire, n. and adj. View full entry 1795
...A person whose assets are worth at least a million pounds (dollars, etc.); a person of great wealth....
14. moratorium, n. View full entry 1875
...Law. A legal authorization to a debtor to postpone payment for a certain time; the period of such a postponement....
15. National Trust, n. View full entry 1893
...A trust for the preservation of places of historic interest or natural beauty in England, Wales, and N. Ireland, founded in 1893, incorporated in 1907, and supported by...
16. no-knock, adj. and n. View full entry 1964
...Designating or relating to a search or raid made by the police without permission or warning....
17. Ogpu, n. View full entry 1923
...An organization for investigating and combating counter-revolutionary activities in the Soviet Union, which superseded the Cheka in 1922 and was replaced by the N.K.V.D. in 1934....
18. Okhrana, n. View full entry 1884
...In Imperial Russia: a secret police department set up in 1881 (after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II) to maintain state security and suppress revolutionary activities, and abolished after the...
19. one-shotter, n. View full entry 1922
...Golf. A hole of which the green can be reached with a single drive or shot....
20. pachuco, adj. and n. View full entry 1942
...Of, designating, or associated with a Mexican-American youth subculture, characterized by the use of a distinctive idiom, flashy clothes, and often gang membership....
