a paprika from Spain's western region of Extremadura, from dried, smoked, and smoothly ground mature red peppers

(law) A commission appointed to take evidence by deposition where the deponent is unwilling or unable to come to court and the court cannot compel the witness/deponent.

With condescension; superciliously. Also used attributively.

plural of pâté de foie gras

A pâté of fat goose liver; the lowest grade preparation of foie gras.

(law) from day to day

(law) concerning assets remaining in an estate after the death or removal of the estate administrator; remaining assets as distributed by the second administrator (administrator bonis non)

Synonym of marchand de vin

Alternative spelling of crème de la crème

(dated) Apropos of nothing; without connection to anything; by the way, unrelatedly.