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executive power over the army
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consul
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administer the law
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praetor
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administer the finances of the Republic
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quaestor
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administer the city, roads, temples
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aedile
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take census, review citizen body, award contracts
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censor
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veto legislation, convene Senate, help citizens
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tribune
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to carry off or kidnap illegally be force
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abduct
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to leave quickly and secretively
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abscond
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called or known at other times as an assumed name
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alias
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a plea that when an alleged act took place one was elsewhere
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alibi
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assertion, especially unproved
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allegation
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violent physical or verbal attack
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assault
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involving punishment by death
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capital
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plot together in secret for unlawful or harmful business
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conspiracy
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an act punishable by law
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crime
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deserving of censure or blame
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culpable
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keep in confinement or under restraint
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detain
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something that discourages or prevents through fear or dislike of the consequences
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deterrent
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free or declare free from blame
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exoneration
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partial justification; that which causes a matter to seem less serious
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extenuation
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obtain money by force, threat or intimidation
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extortion
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killing of one person by another
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homicide
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imprison
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incarcerate
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concerned with punishment
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penal
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reformatory prison
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penitentiary
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after death
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posthumous
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expulsion of fetus from womb before it is able to survive
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abortion
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to take a person into a relationship, especially as a child or heir
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adopt
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to declare invalid; to reduce to nothing
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annul
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blood relationship
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consanguinity
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guardianship, protective care
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custody
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legal dissolution of marriage
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divorce
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place of permanent residence
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domicile
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full legal age
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majority
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state of being under full legal age
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minority
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manage affairs, person's estate
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administer
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person designated to receive funds, property or other benefits from an insurance policy, will, other settlement
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beneficiary
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addition to will explaining, modifying, or revoking parts of it
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codicil
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person entitled to property or rank as legal successor of its formal owner
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heir
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recipient of legacy
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legatee
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of the residue of an estate
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residuary
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a will, especially a last will and testament
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testament
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having left a valid will at death
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testate
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not having left a will before death
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testate
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to bear witness, give evidence
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testify
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the use of others property
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usufruct
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an amount, especially of money, payable annually
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annuity
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written or spoken agreement
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contract
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an instrument or deed carrying or transferring property to another
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conveyance
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an agreement between persons or parties; an undertaking or promise of legal validity
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covenant
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person to whom money is owed
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creditor
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concealed, dormant; not existing or developed or manifest yet
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latent
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legally bound
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liable
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official document conferring right or title, etc.
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patent
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act as judge in a court or a tribunal
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adjudicate
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one who appeals a court decision
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appellant
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attack good reputation, speak ill of
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defame
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a court order a certain action
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injunction
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the right and authority to apply the law: extent of authority and control
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jurisdiction
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one who institutes legal proceeding against a person, especially in a criminal court
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prosecutor
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from the beginning
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ab initio
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action for a thing
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actio in rem
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for the purpose of a lawsuit
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ad litem
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the intention of making a will
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animus testandi
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hear the other side
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audi alteram partem
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in good faith
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bona fide
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let the buyer beware
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caveat emptor
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let the signer beware
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caveat scriptor
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sound of mind
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compos mentis
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gross negligence
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culpa lata
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a guardian for goods or estate
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curator bonis
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according to fact
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de facto
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according to law
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de iure
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the law takes no account of trifles
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de minimis non curat lex
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capable of crime
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doli capax
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incapable of crime
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doli incapax
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criminal intention
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dolus
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at face value
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ex facie
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on behalf of
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ex parte
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you may have the body
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habeas corpus
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in the place of a parent
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in loco parentis
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among other things
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inter alia
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by the fact itself
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ipso facto
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by the law itself
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ipso iure
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just cause
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iusta causa
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a right to appear in court
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locus standi
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in bad faith
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mala fide
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guilty mind; criminal intention
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mens rea
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manner of working
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modus operandi
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not sound of mind
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non compos mentis
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incidental remark; non-binding opinion
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obiter dictum
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per year
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per annum
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per head
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per capita
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by itself
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per se
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an unacceptable person
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persona non grata
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a first sight
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prima facie
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as a matter of form
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pro forma
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according to one's share
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pro rata
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one who does something through another does it by himself
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qui facit per alium facit per se
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one thing for another
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quid pro quo
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without which not; a necessary condition
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sine qua non
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Greek city-state
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polis
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self-rule
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autarchy
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self-sufficient
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autarky
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constitution
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politea
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Latin: sors, sortis....lot
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sortition
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Greek word for politician
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rhetor
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a person who did not participate in politics
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idiot
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rhetor appeals to the mass people through emotions
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demagogue
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mob-rule
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ochlocracy
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prescribed
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liturgy
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witness
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martyr
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ruled by the wealthy
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plutocracy
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people who rule that earned it
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meritocracy
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rule by priest or religion
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theocracy
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ruled by people who have specific tasks
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technocrat
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single person in charge
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autocrat
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ruled from the desk
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bureaucrat
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short descriptive poem on pastoral subject
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idyll
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home
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domus
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garden
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hortus
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country home
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villa
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I am a Roman citizen
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civis Romanus sum
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heads of the ancestors
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imago
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public affairs
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res publica
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upper class
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patricians
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lower class
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proletarians
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common people
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plebeians
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public makes the decisions for government
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democracy
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a select few makes the decisions
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republic
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power
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imperium
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elsewhere
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alibi
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guardian
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ad litem
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to nourish
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alimentary
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bread and circuses
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panem et circenses
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Athenian word for a coin of small value
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obol
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he owns
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debt
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to owe
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mutual
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to gain results
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profit
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sending the slave forth out of your hand
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manumit, manumission
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a free slave
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libertus
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sexual freedom, perversity
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libertine
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close fitting, conical hat, freeman's cap
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pilleus
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to sell
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monopoly
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merchant, traveler
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emporium
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treasury of the state
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aerarium
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breath
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inflation
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not lesiure
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negotiate
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to be permitted
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leisure
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rigorous, austere, disciplined
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Spartan
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brief, pithy, concise
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laconic
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a wise elder statesman
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Solon
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a very rich man
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Croesus
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extremely severe
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Praconian
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the many
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hoi polloi
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to solve a difficult problem by direct or drastic means
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to cut the Gordian Knot
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a large tomb
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mausoleum
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to follow a winding course
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meander
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a bitter denunciation
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philippic
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simple, peaceful, rustic
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Arcadian
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a victory won at too great a cost
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a Pyrrhic victory
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a constantly threatening danger
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sword of Damocles
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modern race that is 26 miles
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marathon
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one devoted to luxury and pleasure
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sybarite
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to be
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esse
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idea
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idein
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monk, giving up materials possession
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ascetic
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