No Harm, No Foul. Not every error at trial merits reversal. Defendants are entitled to a fair trial, not an error-free trial. (Lutwak v. U.S. , 344 U.S. 604 (1953).) Appellate courts generally donât reverse convictions unless a legal error was likely to have contributed to a guilty verdict.
A frenemy â someone who pretends to be a friend but is actually a rival. Frenemies are often supportive and complimentary, sometimes to excess. But deep down they harbor a ulterior motive â to compete with or humiliate their âfriend.â.
c.1300, state of being acquainted; late 14c., person with whom one is acquainted; also personal knowledge; from Old French acointance acquaintance, friendship, familiarity, noun of action from acointer (see acquaint). Acquaintant (17c.), would have been better in the person known sense but is now obsolete.