accidere
accidere (ak-sid-[schwa]r-ee), vb. [Latin] Civil law. 1. To fall down. 2. By extension, to befall or happen to.
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prorogation
prorogation (proh-r[schwa]-gay-sh[schwa]n). 1. The act of putting off to another day; esp., the discontinuance of a legislative session until its next term. [Cases: States 32. C.J.S. States § 48–50.] 2. Civil law. The extension of a court’s or judge’s jurisdiction by consent of the parties to a case that it would otherwise be incompetent to