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dismissal  

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  • A judicial decision that ends all actions against the defendant. A defendant petitions the court to have the charges against him or her dropped by making a motion to dismiss. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Dismissal]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JLFNMC4S-D

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