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• gross offense against law — index crime Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• against the law — index felonious, illegal, illegitimate (illegal), illicit, impermissible, lawless, unlawful, wrongful …   Law dictionary

• against — index contiguous, contra (adverb), contra (preposition), disinclined Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• against the manifest weight of the evidence — against the (manifest) (weight of the) evidence n. An evidentiary standard allowing a trial judge to set aside a jury s judgment or verdict and order a new trial when it clearly appears to the judge that the jury s decision is unsupported by the… …   Law dictionary

• against the admonition of law — index felonious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• against interest — adj. Describes a statement or admission that is disadvantageous to the person making it. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

• against the (manifest) weight of the evidence — adj. Not supported by the evidence presented at trial, or based on false evidence; the evidence clearly leading to the opposite conclusion. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell.… …   Law dictionary

• against the will — adj. Describes the state of mind of a victim of robbery or rape. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

• against the weight of the evidence — n. An evidentiary standard allowing a trial judge to set aside a jury s judgment or verdict and order a new trial when it clearly appears to the judge that the jury s decision is unsupported by the credible evidence presented at trial; is based… …   Law dictionary

• against the evidence — n. An evidentiary standard allowing a trial judge to set aside a jury s judgment or verdict and order a new trial when it clearly appears to the judge that the jury s decision is unsupported by the credible evidence presented at trial; is based… …   Law dictionary

• against one's will — I adjective against, coerced, commanded, compelled, constrained, enforced, extorted, forced, imperative, imposed, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, levied, mandatory, obligatory, opposed, preemptory, prescriptive, prescriptory, pressured,… …   Law dictionary