Legal dictionary

Question 1

Militating againts

“Further militating against petitioner’s claim is the RTC’s astute observation that being an accredited exporter recognized by the Bureau of Export Trade Promotion (BETP) of the DTI seemed like a deviation from the connotation of “small scale”

Answer 1

What does militate against mean?

to prevent something militate against something. (formal) to prevent something; to make it difficult for something to happen or exist synonym hinder. The supervisor’s presence militated against a relaxed atmosphere.

Question 2

What does I decedent mean?

Answer 2

Decedent is a term that is generally used in the law governing estates and trusts, in reference to a person who has died.

Question 3

Intestacy
“it does not fix the amount of shares that such child and spouse are entitled to when intestacy occurs”

Answer 3

Intestacy is the state of dying without a will. If a person dies without a will they are said to have “died intestate.” The estate of a person who has died intestate goes through probate court.

Question 4

Debasement
he had actually facilitated her debasement by introducing her to clients and inducing her to engage in prostitution.

Answer 4

the action or process of reducing the quality or value of something.

Question 5

innocuousness
when he protests the innocuousness of his baggage and nothing appears to indicate the contrary, as in the case at bar.

Answer 5

the quality of being completely harmless (= causing no harm):
All changes must be reported to the medical staff regardless of the duration or innocuousness of the symptoms.

Question 6

Reposed
allowance must be given to the reliance that should be reposed on the sense of responsibility of all the passengers in regard to their common safety.

Answer 6

lay something to rest in or on (something).

Question 7

Insolently
The contract of carriage between him and KAL had already been perfected when he was summarily and insolently prevented from boarding the aircraft.

Answer 7

in a rude way that does not show respect:

Question 8

Perforce

Answer 8

used to express necessity or inevitability.

Question 9

Assuage
Under such circumstances, equity demands that there must be something given to the heirs of the victim to assuage their feelings.

Answer 9

What does assuage mean?
to make milder or less severe; alleviate; ease; mitigate: to assuage one’s grief;to assuage one’s pain.

Question 10

Overture
This, also considering that initially, defendant common carrier had made overtures to amicably settle the case. It did offer a certain monetary consideration to the victim’s heirs

Answer 10

an introduction to something more substantial.

Question 11

Evince
he evinced a desire to return immediately to Davao.

Answer 11

to make something obvious or show something clearly

Question 12

Billeted
What does it mean to be billeted?

Answer 12

verb (used without object),bil·let·ed, bil·let·ing. to obtain lodging; stay: They billeted in youth hostels.

Question 13

Enjoined
“he was enjoined from using the patent”

Answer 13

prohibit someone from performing (a particular action) by issuing an injunction.

Question 14

Deference
if deference be paid to the principle that a statute is to be construed consistently with the fundamental law

Answer 14

courteous, respectful, or flattering regard for another’s wishes.

Question 15

Obeisance
Petitioner’s submission of his side of the controversy, then, has in its favor obeisance to such a cardinal precept.

Answer 15

acknowledgment of another’s superiority or importance : homage. makes obeisance to her mentors. The players paid obeisance to their coach. obeisant

Question 16

Postulate
The concept of the Constitution as the fundamental law, setting forth the criterion for the validity of any public act whether proceeding from the highest official or the lowest functionary, is a postulate of our system of government

Answer 16

When you postulate an idea or theory you suggest that it is true especially for the purposes of an argument or discussion.

Question 17

lest
The three departments of government in the discharge of the functions with which it is entrusted have no choice but to yield obedience to its commands. Whatever limits it imposes must be observed. Congress in the enactment of statutes must ever be on guard lest the restrictions on its authority,

Answer 17

for fear that —often used after an expression denoting fear or apprehension

Question 18

Meager
It is so manisfestly contrary to law, that even a person having a meager
knowledge of the law cannot doubt the injustice.

Answer 18

What does so meager mean?
adjective. deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.

Question 19

Underscored
The grossness of the negligence of the “Don Juan” is underscored when one considers the foregoing circumstances in the context of the following facts:

Answer 19

emphasize.
“the company underscored the progress made with fuel cells”

Question 20

Discordant
In the case at bar, the trial court and the Court of Appeal have discordant positions as to who between the petitioners an the victim is guilty of negligence.

Answer 20

If you believe that movies should entertain, but your friend insists that movies should inspire, then the two of you hold discordant views on the purpose of movies. That means your opinions are in conflict. You can see the word discord in discordant.

Question 21

Perforce
Perforce, we have had to conduct an evaluation of the evidence in this case for the proper calibration of their conflicting factual findings and legal conclusions.

Answer 21

used to express necessity or inevitability.
“amateurs, perforce, have to settle for less expensive solutions”
Similar:
necessarily
of necessity
inevitably
unavoidably
by force of circumstances
needs must
nolens volens
like it or not

Question 22

Evinced
he evinced a desire to return immediately to Davao.

Answer 22

to make something obvious or show something clearly

Question 23

Requital
The forfeiture of the right to live free in society is the due requital for peddling a child to sexual servitude.

Answer 23

something given in return, compensation, or retaliation. 2. : the act or action of requiting : the state of being requited.

Question 24

Elucidation
The pronouncement is not applicable to this case. It was made merely as an **elucidation **of the limited evidentiary value of a baptismal certificate in this jurisdiction vis-à-vis a birth certificate. In

Answer 24

explanation that makes something clear; clarification.

Question 25

Lofty
The law requires a legal or judicial guardian since it is the consanguineous relation or the solemnity of judicial appointment which impresses upon the guardian the lofty purpose of his office and normally deters him from violating its objectives.

Answer 25

of imposing height.
“the elegant square was shaded by lofty palms”