stifling

  • 21stifling a prosecution — Agreeing, in consideration of receiving a pecuniary or other advantage, to abstain from prosecuting a person for an offense not giving rise to a civil remedy …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22stifling bids — Acts or statements intended to prevent bidding at an auction. 30A Am J Rev ed Jud S § 98. Any conduct, artifice, agreement, or combination, which prevents open, free, and competitive bidding at an auction. 7 Am J2d Auct § 28. See chilling bids …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 23act of stifling — index constraint (restriction) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 24depressing bids — Stifling or chilling bids at a judicial sale. 30A Am J Rev ed Jud S § 98 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 25stiflingly — stifling ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unpleasantly hot and stuffy. DERIVATIVES stiflingly adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 26close — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. compact, dense, firm; stifling, oppressive, muggy, stale, stuffy; stingy, tight fisted, niggardly; taut; confining, constrictive; near, intimate; secretive, reticent, reserved; approximate. See… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 27Clive Hamilton — Clive Charles Hamilton AM FRSA (born 12 March 1953) is an Australian public intellectual and Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE)[1] and the Vice Chancellor s Chair in Public Ethics at Charles… …

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  • 28Silencing Dissent — Silencing Dissent: How the Australian Government is Controlling Public Opinion and Stifling Debate is a 2007 Australian book, edited by Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison. Hamilton and Maddison argue that during its decade in power, the federal… …

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  • 29The Culling Is Coming — Infobox Album | Name = The Culling Is Coming Type = Album Artist = 23 Skidoo Released = February, 1983 Recorded = England, Belgium Genre = Industrial Length = 75 minutes Label = Boutique Producer = 23 Skidoo Ken Thomas Reviews = * Allmusic… …

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  • 30basketball — /bas kit bawl , bah skit /, n. 1. a game played by two teams of usually five players each on a rectangular court having a raised basket or goal at each end, points being scored by tossing the ball through the opponent s basket. 2. the round,… …

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