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accusative , ac·cu·sa·tive / əˈkyoōzətiv/ Gram. • adj. relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives that expresses the object of an action or… ACCUSATION , ACCUSATION
A formal criminal charge against a person alleged to have committed an offense punishable by law, which is presented before a court or a m… Salem Witchcraft Trials Mass. Ct. Oyer & Terminer 1692-1693 , Beginning in 1621 Puritans moved from England to settle in the American colonies, particularly in the area of New England. Their goal was to create c… Compurgation , Compurgation is a judicial proof of innocence commonly permitted in medieval ecclesiastical courts. Owing something to Germanic law, but deriving fro… IMPEACH , im·peach / imˈpēch/ • v. [tr.] call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice): there is no basis to Searle's motion to impeach the verd… Witchcraft , J. A. Sharpe
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