gave up a right, responsibility or duty

reducing or restricting

set free or released

the process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something

agree without protest

being attached as a follower

postpone action of a convened legislative body until another time specified

maritime—related to the sea or sailing—and admiralty jurisdiction covers things done upon and relating to the sea, lakes and rivers. These include transactions relating to commerce and navigation, as well as damages and injuries. Formerly these laws were administered by admirals, which explains their name.

allow

to seek to obtain; to aim at; aspire to

a formal legal declaration by a person who declines to take an oath for reasons of conscience (compare to oath)

tie or obligation of a person to his king or government

a government official of the highest rank sent by one nation to live in another nation as its representative

being wiped out completely

to make a request to a higher court asking that a case be reheard or reviewed; 2) to make an urgent request

relating to appeals, which are reviews of lower court decisions by a higher court

formal request to an authority; the act of making such a request

divided and allocated

1) money set aside for a particular use; 2) assigning for a particular use

1) not based on a known reason or rule; at the whim of someone else, such as a tyrant; 2) absolute or unrestricted

places for making or storing weapons and other munitions.

a section or part of a written document such as a constitution, treaty or contract

established

agreement or consent

to take

1) in general; 2) in complete detail or fully

the loss of a person’s civil rights and property because he has been sentenced to death or outlawed

reached

punished by attainderpunished by attainder