Term: consent decree: an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt
Candidate hypernym: decree: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) → 1
Candidate hypernym: fascism: a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism) → 0
Candidate hypernym: intestacy: the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will → 0
Candidate hypernym: bankruptcy: a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent → 0
Candidate hypernym: patroness: a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron → 0
Candidate hypernym: priggishness: exaggerated and arrogant properness → 0
Candidate hypernym: single quote: a single quotation mark → 0
Candidate hypernym: child welfare agency: an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus gloxinia: small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: welfare state: a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: electrocution: killing by electric shock → 0