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"word": "ข้อตั้ง"
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"word": "前提"
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"word": "premissi"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "peruste"
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"word": "lähtökohta"
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"word": "prémisse"
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"code": "he",
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"tags": [
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"word": "הנחה"
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"Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted."
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"(usually in the plural, law) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted."
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"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "matters previously stated or set forth",
"tags": [
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"word": "הנחה"
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"text": "trespass on another’s premises",
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{
"ref": "1899 September 27, The Daily Review (Peterborough, Ont., Canada), volume 37, number 72, page 1a",
"text": "On the premises is a beautiful lawn, well stocked with flowering shrubs; hard and soft water.",
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"A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts."
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"(usually in the plural) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts."
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"roman": "fángdì",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "房地"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fángwū",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "房屋"
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "perceel"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "kiinteistö"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "tila"
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"_dis1": "2 1 5 89 2",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"_dis1": "2 1 5 89 2",
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"word": "Räumlichkeiten"
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"_dis1": "2 1 5 89 2",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "locale"
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{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 89 2",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "posto"
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{
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"alt": "ていない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "teinai",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "邸内"
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"roman": "teritórija",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"tags": [
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"word": "терито́рија"
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"roman": "prostórija",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"tags": [
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"word": "просто́рија"
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"_dis1": "2 1 5 89 2",
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"roman": "zdánie",
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"word": "зда́ние"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "nédvižnost",
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"tags": [
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"word": "не́движност"
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{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 89 2",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"tags": [
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"word": "parcela"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced",
"tags": [
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"sense": "either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced",
"word": "kahunaan"
},
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"sense": "either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced",
"word": "tiền đề"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "matters previously stated or set forth",
"word": "lähtökohta"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fángdì",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "房地"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"english": "building",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fángwū",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "房屋"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"code": "de",
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],
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
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"word": "Lokalität"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "locale"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "posto"
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"alt": "ていない",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "teinai",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"word": "邸内"
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"alt": "こうない",
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"word": "構内"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "teritórija",
"sense": "piece of real estate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "терито́рија"
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{
"code": "mk",
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],
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],
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"ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling",
"text": "Having premised thus much, we will now detain those who like our bill of fare no longer from their diet, and shall proceed directly to serve up the first course of our history for their entertainment.",
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"text": "1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia\nif venesection can be previously performed, even to but few ounces, the effect of the opium is much more certain; and still more so, if there be time to premise a brisk cathartic, or even an emetic"
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