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CREST

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A term used in heraldry; it signifies the devices set over a coat of arms. … [Read more...]

CRETINISM

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In medical jurisprudence. A form of imperfect or arrested mental development, which may amount to idiocy, with physical degeneracy or deformity or lack of development; endemic in Switzerland and some other parts of Europe, but the term is applied to similar states occurring elsewhere. … [Read more...]

CRETINUS

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In old records. A sudden stream or torrent; a rising or inundation. … [Read more...]

CRETIO

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Lat. In the civil law. A certain number of days allowed an heir to deliberate whether he would take the inheritance or not Calvin. … [Read more...]

CREDIT UNION

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A union whose purpose is to provide safety and fairness in the application of interest rates to savings and loans transactions. … [Read more...]

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