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n. - The state or quality of being fixed even temporarily; Bringing a charge or accusation against someone.

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  • The effective date of lodgment of money paid in under rule 19 shall be the date of its receipt in the court office.
  • The lodgment of the balloon in the tree
  • It nibbles the walls enclosing it, enlarging its lodgment, which is always entirely filled by its corpulent body.
  • Scotland feed not so high, sleep not so soft, and care not for the magnificence of lodgment, which is proper to their southern neighbours.
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