Surety is when someone is liable for the payment of someone else’s debt, or the performance of another’s obligation.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: surety= SHAOUR/T*I
Option #2: surety= SHAOURT
Option #3: surety= SHAO*URT

Devise “usually refers to real property that is given by will.” However, it may also be used to refer to any property that is given by a will.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: devise= DWAOIZ
Option #2: devise= DA/VAOIZ

Impeachment is defined as: (1) “The process of calling a witness’s testimony into doubt.” (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may accuse high officers of the federal government of misconduct. These officers are then tried by the Senate.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: impeachment= KBAEFMT
Option #2: impeachment= KBAOEFMT
Option #3: impeachment= IM/PAOEFP/-MT

A mandamus is a writ issued by a higher court commanding a lower court to perform a specific act.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: mandamus= MAN/DAM/MUS
Option #2: mandamus= MAN/DAI/MUS
Option #3: mandamus= MAN/DAIM/MUS
Option #4: mandamus= MAND/MUS

Acquittal is “the verdict that declares one innocent of a crime.”

Exonerate is “to prove or declare a person innocent of the charges made against him or her.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: acquittal= KWIL
Option #2: acquittal= A/KWIT/AL
Option #3: acquittal= A/KWIT/A*L

Option #1: exonerate= XON
Option #2: exonerate= XONT
Option #3: exonerate= XON/RAIT

A misdemeanor is any crime that is not a felony. A misdemeanor is usually punishable by a fine and/or a jail sentence of less than a year.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: misdemeanor= MM
Option #2: misdemeanor= MIZ/DMAOERN

Escheat is defined as: “The forfeit of all property to the state when a person dies without heirs.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: ES/KHAOET