PLAN, v.t. To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.
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REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide.
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END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor.
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TRIAL, n. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. In order to effect this purpose it is necessary to supply a contrast in the person of one who is called the defendant...
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