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2341 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. שָׁמַר.2
… :5 (legal terminology, Dr). 5. keep, reserve, weeks of harvest Je 5:24 ( ל pers.). Niph. 36 Pf. 3 ms. נִשְׁמַר 2 S 20:10, etc.; Impf. 3 fs. תִּשָּׁמֵר Ju 13:13; 2 mpl. תִּשָּׁמִ֑רוּ Ex 23 …
2342 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Annas.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… as legally the high priest. Our Lord was first brought before Annas, and after a brief questioning of him ( John 18:19-23 ) was sent to Caiaphas, when some members …
2343 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Convocation.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… and legal matters. Hence it is called an “holy convocation.” Such convocations were the Sabbaths ( Leviticus 23:2, Leviticus 23:3 ), the Passover ( Exodus 12:16; Leviticus …
2344 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Covenant.9 (Matthew G. Easton)
This covenant is also called a covenant of nature, as made with man in his natural or unfallen state; a covenant of life, because “life” was the promise attached to obedience; and a legal covenant, because it demanded perfect obedience to the law.
2345 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Hebrews, Epistle to.6 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the legal sacrifices prefigured the great and all-perfect sacrifice he offered for us. It explains that the gospel was designed, not to modify the law of Moses …
2346 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Solomon.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… their legal marriage ( 2 Samuel 12 ). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 ( 1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:1 ). He succeeded his father on the throne in early manhood …
2347 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Washing.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the legal observance till they formed a large body of precepts. To such precepts about ceremonial washing Mark here refers. (See ABLUTION .)
2348 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Wife.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… wife’s legal rights ( Exodus 21:10 ) and her duties ( Proverbs 31:10-31; 1 Timothy 5:14 ) are specified. She could be divorced in special cases ( Deuteronomy 22:13-21 ), but …
2349 Etymology dictionary, p. abatement (n.).2
… the legal sense "destruction or removal of a nuisance, etc." (1520s).
2350 Etymology dictionary, p. abeyance (n.).3
… a legal term, "condition of a person in expectation or hope of receiving property;" it turned around in English law to mean "condition of property temporarily …
2351 Etymology dictionary, p. absent (prep.).2
"in the absence of," 1944, principally from U.S. legal use, from absent (adj.).
2352 Etymology dictionary, p. academic (adj.).3
… classroom legal exercises) is by 1886. In the arts, "rigidly conforming to academic style," 1889. Academic freedom "liberty of a teacher to state opinions openly …
2353 Etymology dictionary, p. accessory (n.).2
… a legal term, "one aiding in a felony without committing the offense" (as by advising, inciting, concealing), from Late Latin accessorius, from Latin accessor …
2354 Etymology dictionary, p. acquittal (n.).2
early 15c., aquitaille, "payment of debt or retribution;" see acquit + -al (2). Sense of "a release from debt or obligation" is from mid-15c.; that of "freeing from charge or offense" (by legal process) is from 1530s.
2355 Etymology dictionary, p. acquittance (n.).2
"legal settlement" of a debt, obligation, etc., early 14c., aquitaunce, from Old French aquitance and Medieval Latin acquietantia; see acquit + -ance .
2356 Etymology dictionary, p. act (v.).2
… " a legal case, from Latin actus, past participle of agere "to set in motion, drive, drive forward," hence "to do, perform," also "act on stage, play the part of; plead a cause …
2357 Etymology dictionary, p. act (n.).2
… a legal term), both from agere "to set in motion, drive, drive forward," hence "to do, perform," figuratively "incite to action; keep in movement, stir up" (from PIE root …
2358 Etymology dictionary, p. actionable (adj.).2
"furnishing sufficient grounds for a (legal) action," 1590s; from action + -able. Related: Actionably .
2359 Etymology dictionary, p. action (n.).2
… ; lawsuit, legal action" (source also of Spanish accion, Italian azione ), noun of action from past-participle stem of agere "to do" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out …
2360 Etymology dictionary, p. admissible (adj.).2
… a legal decision or judicial investigation" is by 1849.