Open and Shut Case

to censure

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to strongly criticize in an official manner

to document

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to support an argument, claim, etc. by providing facts and evidence

to enjoin

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to tell someone to do something by ordering or instructing them

to ferret

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to try to find something in a confined space

to forfeit

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to no longer be able to access a right, property, privilege, etc. as a result of violating a law or a punishment for doing something wrong

to promulgate

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/proʊ.məl.geɪt/ or /prooo.mēl.geit/

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to make a formal statement presenting a new rule, law, etc. that is going to be put into action

to repudiate

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/ri.pju.dieɪt/ or /ri.pyoo.dieit/

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to be unwilling to accept or recognize something

to vindicate

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to clear someone from blame or suspicion and prove their innocence

advocate

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an authorized practitioner of law who defends a person's case in a courtroom

anarchy

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the state of an organization or country that is lacking in order, authority, or control

dispensation

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the privilege of being officially released from an obligation, law, or something that is usually prohibited

entitlement

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a privilege or right that is granted legally

malfeasance

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an illegal or unjust act committed by a person of high standing

malingerer

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an individual who feigns incompetence or illness just so they would not have to do something

martinet

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an individual who demands total obedience to rules, laws, and orders

resolution

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an official decision that is made, particularly when an official body takes a group vote

apocryphal

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/ə.pɑk.rə.fəl/ or /ē.paak.rē.fēl/

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(of a statement or story) unlikely to be authentic, even though it is widely believed to be true

appurtenant

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relating or belonging to something bigger or more important, like lifestyles, structures, systems, etc.

defamatory

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(of statements) intending to ruin someone's reputation with the use of unpleasant or false information

inviolable

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demanding great respect in a way that cannot be ignored or degraded

inviolate

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not affected, and immune to harm, change, disrespect, or destruction

prohibitive

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stopping others from doing something

unimpeachable

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honorable and honest to the point of becoming impossible to criticize, question, or blame

venial

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not grave and thus capable of being pardoned or overlooked

to abjure

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to give up or reject a belief, claim, or practice through formal or public declaration

to impute

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to falsely assign a quality, particularly a bad one, to a person or thing

wily

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skillful in achieving what one desires, especially through deceptive means