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TESSA

British  
/ ˈtɛsə /

acronym

  1. Tax Exempt Special Savings Account; a former (available 1991–99) tax-free savings scheme

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At the sentencing on Wednesday at Brighton Magistrates' Court, District Judge Tessa Szagun said "clear instructions to follow Ellame" if she left the ward "should have been incorporated" into the care plan.

From BBC

When a second Fanning shows up as Thia’s vicious sister Tessa, another “synthetic” built for dangerous off-world work, the film finds its groove as a new chapter in the continuing saga of our friends at the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, a fictional enterprise with such spectacularly bad luck at acquiring bioweapons, they should have faced a hostile takeover by now.

From Los Angeles Times

By the time Tessa had reached the Freeman, Greg had died aged 26.

From BBC

"We said 'Look, Greg, this is the only option you've got, you have got to go with it,'" said Tessa.

From BBC

"It was a massive shock to us all," his mother Tessa Marshall remembers.

From BBC