1. A general pardon given by a government, esp. for political offenses.

2. Chronic return to bad habits, esp. criminal relapse.

3. The legal establishing of a will as authentic, valid, and binding.

4. Income obtained from investment or property.

5. The act of litigating; lawsuit.

6. Disregard of, omission of, or failure to do something necessary; carelessness or neglect, esp. when it is habitual.

7. A breaking away of one part of a government unit for the purpose of becoming politically independent.

8. A complete, often detailed list of things, as of those in a particular place or in one's possession.

9. A decrease in value due to aging, wear, or the like.

10. The practice or an instance of impeding or delaying legislative action, as by making long speeches.

11. The initiating and continuing of legal proceedings against one or more persons.

12. Someone that commits or carries out (a crime, act of mischief, or the like).

13. An international group of independent businesses formed to control production and prices and to restrict competition in certain business enterprises.

14. The submission of a legislative measure to a vote by the general public, or the vote thus taken.

15. Direct financial assistance provided by the government to a business, industry, educational institution, individual, or the like.

16. Any money in circulation as a valid means of trade or exchange.

17. Currently holding an office or position.

18. A sworn statement, usu. in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law.

19 . In law, someone who helps a criminal before or after a crime, but does not commit the crime.

20. A written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence.