praemunire facias
(law, England, historical) More fully writ of praemunire facias: a writ directing a sheriff to forewarn a person that he or she must appear before a court to answer a criminal charge of having brought a suit in or obeyed a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown; a praemunire.

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a.r.p
aaib
abundant observations
amplification-factor bridge
anguiner
annulets
arm coal-cutter
ashtray
at the expense of someone
automatic scarfing
automatic wrapping machine
be in bad fortune
bulbous bow form
centre of moment
chalicotheres
characteristick
chemonastic
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close to you
code on noise levels on board ships
colour bleeding
company culture
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Desemboque
digital home hub
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eat inde sine die
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ethynyl group,ethynyl radical
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haust.
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honeycomb seal
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intrathecal pressure
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labor disputes
late closing of valve
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Machilus versicolora
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modern astronomy
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starch adhesive
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terminal duct adenocarcinoma
Thatcherizing
the Lake
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