Melton Vocab 9

adjudicate/adjudication

verb/noun: a. to hear and settle a case through a judicial procedure b. to settle a dispute

affidavit

noun: a written statement made under oath before an official

confidant/confide

noun/verb: a person trusted with secrets or private matters

conjure/conjurer

verb/noun: a. to produce or summon, as if by magic b. to call to mind an image or memory

fealty

faithfulness; allegiance

fiancé/finacée

noun: a man to whom a woman is engaged to be married

fidelity

noun: a. faithfulness to obligations, duties, or vows

infidel

noun: a person who does not accept a particular faith or religion

jurisprudence

noun: the philosophy and science of law or a division of the law

perjure/perjury

verb/noun: to deliberately lie or testify falsely under oath