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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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civil wrong

Part of Speechnoun

A wrongful act by one person against another for which the other person may recover damages in a lawsuit.

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tortcivil suitcause of actioncivil trialcivil actioncivil courtwrongful deathtort law

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