(law) A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that a dispute be decided in favor of the party whose claims are more likely to be true.

(Christianity) A gesture of the hand moving over the front of one's body in the shape of a cross made as part of ritual or to invoke divine protection.

(informal) The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities; a person having this characteristic.

Used as an intensifier with superlative forms of adjectives. / Used as an intensifier with nouns to denote being ultimate.

(chiefly Canada, idiomatic, transitive) To list or recite quickly.

(figuratively) A pampered female with an aristocratic demeanor.

(law) A written statement or specification of the particulars of the demand for which an action at law is brought, or of a defendant's set-off against such demand, furnished by one of the parties to the other, either voluntarily or in compliance with a judge's order for that purpose.

plural of bill of particulars

(law) A failure to meet an obligation under the terms of a contract.

plural of point of order