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nonreturn

/ ˌnɒnrɪˈtɜːn /

adjective

  1. denoting a mechanism that permits flow in a pipe, tunnel, etc, in one direction only

    a nonreturn valve

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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For torture nonreturn claims, surrender cannot be made before the torture claim has been finally determined through the procedures above.

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“One assumes, however, that they will have the same effect as torture nonreturn claims, in which case a person cannot be surrendered while his asylum claim is still pending,” says Young.

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"I think we've got to kind of play it out and see at the end of the year, based on the stats of the conference and around the country, the numbers of returns per nonreturn as compared to the last five years."

Unlike Apollo's nonreturn booster and lunar module, the vehicles that take men to Mars will be used on many voyages.

That version is that Milton, good-naturedly and perhaps taken by surprise, allowed his wife to go home for two months at her own request, or the request of her relatives, before he had been three months married, and that it was the insult of her nonreturn that revealed to him his mistake in her, and drove him into his speculations about divorce.

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