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Sense; meaning; significance. |
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An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment,
especially one of an unfavorable nature. |
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A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as,
Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences. |
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In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court
pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a
judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation
pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is
exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases. |
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A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a
maxim; an axiom; a saw. |
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A combination of words which is complete as expressing a
thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full
point. See Proposition, 4. |
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To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to
condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. |
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To decree or announce as a sentence. |
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To utter sententiously. |
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