Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conscience
Meaning of Conscience
Internal or self knowledge or judgment of right or wrong. It is not identical with “principle.” An “objection on principle” to the death penalty is not the same as a conscientious scruple. 7 Cal. 140.
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Synonyms of Conscience
noun
- categorical imperative
- code of duty
- code of honor
- compunction
- conscientia
- conscientiousness
- ethical judgment
- ethical philosophy
- ethical self
- ethics
- high ideals
- high standards
- honesty
- honor
- ideals
- inner voice
- integrity
- inward monitor
- mind
- moral consciousness
- moral faculty
- moral obligation
- moral principles
- moral sense
- principle
- probity
- professional ethics
- rectitude
- scruples
- sense of duty
- sense of moral right
- sense of right and wrong
- standards
- superego
- uprightness
- Associated Concepts: conscientious objector
- foreign phrases: Fides est obligatio conscientiae alicujus adintentionem alterius
- A trust is an obligation of conscience of one to the will of another
- Judex habere debet duos sales
- sales
- salem sapientiae
- ne sit insipidus; et salem conscientiae
- ne sit diabolus
- A judge ought to have two salts
- the salt of wisdom
- lest he be insipid; and the salt of conscience
- lest he be devilish
- La conscience est la plus changeante des regies
- Conscience is the most changeable of rules
Conscience in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
The moral sense; the sense of right and justice. Many violations of natural justice are left wholly to conscience, and are without redress, equitable or legal. 45 Pa. 432-33.
Note: This legal definition of Conscience in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Conscience, freedom of in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of conscience, freedom of.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Policeman
- Law Enforcement Agency
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