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SCURRILOUS

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The making or spreading of defamatory statements about another person, typically of a scandalous, vulgar and denigrating nature, with the intention of damaging the victim's reputation. Slanderous of defamatory statements that are intended to be malicious in nature.   … [Read more...]

STATUTORY COMPLIANCE

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In compliance or accord with existing laws and regulations (the statutes) - adherence to and compliance with the letter of the law. Popular examples of statutory compliance including Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPPA laws in the United States. … [Read more...]

SYNOPSIS

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A brief summary or outline of a longer document or a book. … [Read more...]

SYPHILIS

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In medical jurisprudence. A loathsome venereal disease (vulgarly called "the pox") of peculiar virulence, infectious by direct contact capable of hereditary transmission, and the fruitful source of various other diseases and, directly or indirectly, of Insanity. … [Read more...]

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