Week 7 Flashcards
(25 cards)
False or assumed identity
Alias
Free someone from criminal charge
Acquit
Act of passing something onto someone else, legacy
Bequest
Addition that explains, modifies or revokes a will
Codicil
Theft of funds placed in ones trust
Embezzlement
Legally entitled to property or rank of another after their death
Heir
Authoritative warning or order
Injunction
Theory or philosophy of law
Jurisprudence
Offense of telling untruth in court after oath
Perjury
Worship, regard or treat someone as a god
Deify
Showing deep religious feeling or commitment
Devout
Believing or practicing religious unorthodox
Heretical
Conforming to what is traditionally accepted
Orthodox
Making a show of being morally superior
Sanctimonious
Morally wholesome or acceptable
Savory
Perceived by touch
Tactile
Difficult to tolerate or accept (bad taste)
Unpalatable
Longer than the most direct way
Circuitous
Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner
Brusque
Bad tempered, argumentative and uncooperative
Cantankerous
Dispute the truth, validity or honest of a statement
Impugn
Wary and unwilling to take risk
Circumspect
Showing persistence / determination
Dogged
Kept secret or done secretly
Clandestine