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What is fire alignment?

• Alignment is when the components of fuel, weather, and topography interact, and align to create. optimal conditions for extreme fire behavior.

What does it mean to enter a plea?

After an officer places you under arrest for a criminal charge, you will have to go to court for a plea hearing. During this court appearance, you will enter a plea. According to FindLaw, your plea is how you answer to the charges. You can plead not guilty, guilty, or no contest.

privileged

(of information) legally protected from being made public.

"the intelligence reports are privileged"

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semi

partly; in some degree or particular.

"semiconscious"

almost.

"semidarkness"

give chills

exp. have a powerful impact on someone; impress; generate an emotion (positive, but also negative) it can be used to describe a feeling of fear or a positive emotion;

e.g.: "This violin music gives me the chills" or "Being all alone in that old house after dark...it gave me the chills."

What‘s the difference between kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping?

Aggravated kidnapping is kidnapping accompanied by serious bodily injury to the victim, or a ransom demanded, or carjacking, or fraud, force or fear upon a victim under age 14. Make no mistake about it: both kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping are serious crimes with huge punishment if a conviction is reached.