the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field | things done |
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong | rule of evidence that covers words that are so closely associated with an occurrence that the words are considered part of the occurrence and as such their report does not violate the hearsay rule |
something done (usually as opposed to something said) | |
a military engagement | |
an act by a government body or supranational organization | |
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism | |
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). | |
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful | |
the series of events that form a plot | |
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | |
the state of being active | |