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41Legal burden of proof — This article is about the burden of proof in law. For other uses, see Burden of proof (disambiguation). The burden of proof (Latin: onus probandi) is the obligation to shift the accepted conclusion away from an oppositional opinion to one s own… …
42gravity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. weight (see gravity); graveness, importance. Ant., lightness, unimportance. II Weight Nouns 1. gravity, gravitation; weight, weighing; heft, heaviness; ponderosity, pressure, burden; ballast,… …
43importance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Consequence Nouns 1. importance, import, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness, primacy; significance, concern; emphasis, interest; distinction, prestige, grandeur, majesty,… …
44serious — serious, grave, solemn, somber, sedate, staid, sober, earnest may be applied to persons, their looks, or their acts with the meaning not light or frivolous but actually or seemingly weighed down by deep thought, heavy cares, or purposive or… …
45serious-mindedness — noun the trait of being serious a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness Robert Rice • Syn: ↑seriousness, ↑earnestness, ↑sincerity • Ant: ↑frivolity (for: ↑seriousn …
46DETENTION — In the Bible The Torah does not recognize the use of imprisonment as a punishment for criminal offenses (see imprisonment ), but it explicitly mentions the placing of a person in detention as part of the procedure of making a legal determination… …
47The Importance of Being Earnest — For other uses, see The Importance of Being Earnest (disambiguation). The Importance of Being Earnest The original production of The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895 with Allan Aynesworth as Algernon (left) and George Alexander as Jack (right) …
48Precautionary principle — The precautionary principle is a moral and political principle which states that if an action or policy might cause severe or irreversible harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of a scientific consensus that harm would not… …
49Hazard — A hazard is a situation which poses a level of threat to life, health, property or environment. Most hazards are dormant or potential, with only a theoretical risk of harm, however, once a hazard becomes active , it can create an emergency… …
50Matthew Arnold — This article is about the poet. For other uses, see Matthew Arnold (disambiguation). Matthew Arnold Born December 24, 1822 (1822 12 24 …
