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| age of majority |
the age at which a person is granted by law the rights and responsibilities of an adult, such as liability under contract and the right to sue. |
| assume |
to suppose (something) to be true without knowing the actual facts; take for granted. [1/3 definitions] |
| assumption |
the act of supposing or taking for granted. [2/5 definitions] |
| asylum |
protection, as from extradition, that is granted by one country to political refugees from another. [1/3 definitions] |
| benefit of clergy |
formerly, a special privilege granted to members of the clergy, esp. that they be subject to ecclesiastical rather than secular courts. [1/2 definitions] |
| concessionaire |
one who has been granted or operates a concession. |
| degree |
an academic title granted by a university or college. [1/6 definitions] |
| diploma |
a document conferring some honor or privilege, esp. a document granted by an educational institution and certifying that the recipient has completed a course of study or earned a degree. |
| diplomatic immunity |
exemption from local laws, granted to diplomatic personnel and their dependents while in a foreign country. |
| dispensation |
an exemption or release from some obligation or rule, granted by some authority, or the document making such a grant, esp. an exemption from a religious law or vow, granted by church authority. [1/3 definitions] |
| exclusive jurisdiction |
power granted exclusively to a particular court to apply and interpret laws within a particular geographic area or in relation to certain types of matters. |
| extraterritoriality |
political or legal exemption of foreigners from local jurisdiction, such as is granted to diplomats. |
| favor |
(pl.) sexual pleasures, esp. as granted by a woman. [1/11 definitions] |
| feudal |
of, concerning, or similar to feudalism, in which a landholding lord granted land to vassals on condition of their serving him. [1/2 definitions] |
| feudalism |
a system of economic and political organization, as in Europe in the Middle Ages, in which landholding lords granted lands to vassals in return for service and homage. |
| feudatory |
a person who has been granted land under a feudal system, or the land he holds. [1/2 definitions] |
| fief |
a landholding granted by a lord to a vassal in a feudal system. |
| franchise |
a right granted by a commercial enterprise to sell a product or service in a limited territory. [1/5 definitions] |
| franchisee |
one to whom a franchise has been granted. |
| have one's way |
to be granted one's particular desire or preferred way of doing something. |
| home rule |
the principle or practice of self-government by the citizens of a country, state, or city, esp. as granted by a controlling authority. |
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