Word Meanings - AMBIDEXTERITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict. (more info) 1. The quality of being ambidexas, ambidexterity of argumentation. Sterne. Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force,

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A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict. (more info) 1. The quality of being ambidexas, ambidexterity of argumentation. Sterne. Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey. 2. Double-dealing.

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