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  2. Elopement - Wikipedia

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    The eloping couple also may get married outside the border (e.g Pattani) when the dowry amount is too high, causing them to be desperate to run away. Elopement outside the country is valid according to certain law, but failure to register the marriage according to Islamic family law can cause issues with inheritance, performing umrah / hajj ...

  3. Gaslighting - Wikipedia

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    Barton and Whitehead described three case reports of gaslighting with the goal of securing a person's involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital, motivated by a desire to get rid of relatives or obtain financial gain: a wife attempting to frame her husband as violent so she could elope with her lover, another wife alleging that her pub ...

  4. Glossary of contract bridge terms - Wikipedia

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    Elope, elopement To win a trick by ruffing with a trump lower in rank than an opponent's trump. The coup en passant is an example of an elopement. Encrypted An agreement that the meaning of bids or card signals may change as more information about a deal becomes available.

  5. Harana (elopement) - Wikipedia

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    Harana (Sanskrit: हरण, romanized: Haraṇa) is a Sanskrit term literally meaning seizure, [1] commonly used to denote elopement. Elopement is a common theme featured in Hindu literature, with a number of characters choosing to perform elopement before their marriage, or being abducted by others against their will.

  6. Let's Elope (film) - Wikipedia

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    Let's Elope is a lost [2] 1919 American silent comedy film starring Marguerite Clark and directed by John S. Robertson. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures .

  7. Coverb - Wikipedia

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    A coverb is a word or prefix that resembles a verb or co-operates with a verb. In languages that have the serial verb construction, coverbs are a type of word that shares features of verbs and prepositions. A coverb takes an object or complement and forms a phrase that appears in sequence with another verb phrase in accordance with the serial ...

  8. Slope - Wikipedia

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    Slope illustrated for y = (3/2)x − 1.Click on to enlarge Slope of a line in coordinates system, from f(x) = −12x + 2 to f(x) = 12x + 2. The slope of a line in the plane containing the x and y axes is generally represented by the letter m, [5] and is defined as the change in the y coordinate divided by the corresponding change in the x coordinate, between two distinct points on the line.

  9. Verb phrase ellipsis - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, ' Verb phrase ellipsis ' (VP ellipsis or VPE) is a type of grammatical omission where a verb phrase is left out (elided) but its meaning can still be inferred from context. For example, " She will sell sea shells , and he will <sell sea shells> too " is understood as " She will sell sea shells, and he will sell sea shells too ...