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What is fire alignment?
? Alignment is when the components of fuel, weather, and topography interact, and align to create. optimal conditions for extreme fire behavior.
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What does it mean to enter a plea?
After an officer places you under arrest for a criminal charge, you will have to go to court for a plea hearing. During this court appearance, you will enter a plea. According to FindLaw, your plea is how you answer to the charges. You can plead not guilty, guilty, or no contest.
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privileged
(of information) legally protected from being made public.
"the intelligence reports are privileged"
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semi
partly; in some degree or particular.
"semiconscious"
almost.
"semidarkness"
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give chills
exp. have a powerful impact on someone; impress; generate an emotion (positive, but also negative) it can be used to describe a feeling of fear or a positive emotion;
e.g.: "This violin music gives me the chills" or "Being all alone in that old house after dark...it gave me the chills."
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What‘s the difference between kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping?
Aggravated kidnapping is kidnapping accompanied by serious bodily injury to the victim, or a ransom demanded, or carjacking, or fraud, force or fear upon a victim under age 14. Make no mistake about it: both kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping are serious crimes with huge punishment if a conviction is reached.
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