(law) A stop or pause by a party to an action in order to ask the court to determine the question of whether the evidence as it stands ought to be admitted, based on the law of admissibility of evidence.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see right, life. / (public policy, law, ethics) The right of a human being to the continuation of his or her life.

(idiomatic, dated) To get back to the business at hand.

(idiomatic) Ruined; bankrupt. / (idiomatic) completely, to the point of destruction.

simple past tense and past participle of bring owls to Athens

present participle of bring owls to Athens

present participle of cotton to

(formal, conjunctive, idiomatic) For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result.

Usually said in a situation when the rule is incorrect and unusable.

Of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc.