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  2. Begging the question - Wikipedia

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    "Spending the summer traveling around India is a great idea, but it does beg the question of how we can afford it." [ 38 ] Sometimes it is further confused with " dodging the question ", an attempt to avoid it, or perhaps more often begging the question is simply used to mean leaving the question unanswered.

  3. Begging - Wikipedia

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    The monks seldom need to plead for food; in villages and towns throughout modern Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and other Buddhist countries, householders can often be found at dawn every morning streaming down the road to the local temple to give food to the monks. In East Asia, monks and nuns were expected to farm or work for returns ...

  4. Oratorio - Wikipedia

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    The word oratorio comes from the Latin verb ōrō (present infinitive ōrāre), meaning to orate or speak publicly, to pray, or to beg or plead, related to the Attic Greek noun ἀρά (ará, “prayer”). [1] [4] (Hence the disambiguation entry for 'oratory', including oratory (worship).)

  5. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    Abbreviation of et alii, meaning "and others". et cetera: and other things Generally used in the sense of "and so forth". et seq. and the following things Abbreviation of et sequens, meaning "and the following ones". Used in citations to indicate that the cited portion extends to the pages following the cited page.

  6. Plea - Wikipedia

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    A defendant may plead guilty or not guilty. Depending on jurisdiction, additional pleas may be available, including nolo contendere (no contest), no case to answer (in the United Kingdom), or an Alford plea (in the United States). Under common law systems, a defendant who pleads guilty will be convicted if the court accepts the plea.

  7. Mea culpa - Wikipedia

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    Mea culpa / ˌ m eɪ. ə ˈ k ʊ l. p ə / is a phrase originating from Latin that means my fault or my mistake and is an acknowledgment of having done wrong. [1] The expression is used also as an admission of having made a mistake that should have been avoided and, in a religious context, may be accompanied by symbolically beating the breast when uttering the words.

  8. Bey - Wikipedia

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    Uyghur General Khojis (d. 1781), bey of Turfan, who later settled in Beijing; painting by a European Jesuit artist at the Chinese court in 1775 [1]. Bey, [a] also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg, Begh, or Beg, is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and a royal, aristocratic title traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas ...

  9. Petition - Wikipedia

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    The initial pleading in a civil lawsuit that seeks only money (damages) might be called (in most U.S. courts) a complaint. An initial pleading in a lawsuit that seeks non-monetary or "equitable" relief, such as a request for a writ of mandamus or habeas corpus, custody of a child, or probate of a will, is instead called a petition.