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  • 21Exigencies — Exigency Ex i*gen*cy, n.; pl. {Exigencies}. [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.] The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen… …

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  • 22Exigency — Ex i*gen*cy, n.; pl. {Exigencies}. [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.] The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. The… …

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  • 23Benjamin Harrison: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Monday, March 4, 1889       There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the President shall take the oath of office in the presence of the people, but there is so manifest an appropriateness in the public induction …

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  • 24Saxony — • Chronology of the area and the people Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Saxony     Saxony     † …

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  • 25emergency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. juncture, crisis; exigency, necessity, pinch, extremity. See circumstance, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. accident, crisis, unforeseen occurrence, strait(s), urgency, exigency, contingency,… …

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  • 26emergency — n. 1. Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, pinch, pass, push, strait, difficulty, extremity, pressing necessity. 2. Juncture, conjuncture, crisis, pass, turn of events. 3. Unforeseen occasion, sudden or unexpected occurrence …

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  • 27exigence — n.; (also exigency) 1. Demand, urgency, necessity, need, want, requirement. 2. Emergency, crisis, strait, juncture, conjuncture, quandary, pass, pinch, nonplus, critical situation, pressing necessity …

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  • 28Exigent — Ex i*gent, n. 1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Why do you cross me in this exigent? Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 29Reichskammergericht — Imperial Chamber Court building in Wetzlar, Germany The Reichskammergericht or Imperial Chamber Court was one of two highest judicial institutions in the Holy Roman Empire, the other one being the Aulic Council (German: Reichshofrat) in Vienna.… …

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  • 30Exigent circumstance — An exigent circumstance, in the American law of criminal procedure, allows law enforcement to enter a structure without a warrant, or if they have a knock and announce warrant, without knocking and waiting for refusal under certain circumstances …

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