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emf

10th August 2013, 14:59
can anyone help please, last one i hope

27a 7
complaining, cryptic, complaining it's lacking legal loopholes?
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chiff

10th August 2013, 15:00
binding?
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shooty

10th August 2013, 15:06
chiff is correct. # 14

World English Dictionary
bind (baɪnd)

— vb (often foll by up ) (often foll by up ) , binds , binding , bound
1. to make or become fast or secure with or as if with a tie or band
2. to encircle or enclose with a band: to bind the hair
3. ( tr ) to place (someone) under obligation; oblige
4. ( tr ) to impose legal obligations or duties upon (a person or party to an agreement)
5. ( tr ) to make (a bargain, agreement, etc) irrevocable; seal
6. ( tr ) to restrain or confine with or as if with ties, as of responsibility or loyalty
7. ( tr ) to place under certain constraints; govern
8. to bandage or swathe: to bind a wound
9. to cohere or stick or cause to cohere or stick: egg binds fat and flour
10. to make or become compact, stiff, or hard: frost binds the earth
11. a. ( tr ) to enclose and fasten (the pages of a book) between covers
b. ( intr ) (of a book) to undergo this process
12. ( tr ) to provide (a garment, hem, etc) with a border or edging, as for decoration or to prevent fraying
13. ( tr; sometimes foll by out or over ) to employ as an apprentice; indenture
14. slang ( intr ) to complain
15. ( tr ) logic See also bound to bring (a variable) into the scope of an appropriate quantifier
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emf

10th August 2013, 15:15
thank you i thought of binding, re legal documents, but not as complaining...
now finished.
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