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  • Torture

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Torture Meaning of Torture Bodily pain or hurt inflicted with the object of compelling a disclosure of guilt or of knowledge in respect of a crime or its perpetrator. It was imposed by various means, and […]

  • Freedom From Torture

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Freedom From Torture in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term freedom from torture into Spanish: derecho a la integridad física (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to […]

  • Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment 1984, UN

    Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment 1984, UN

    Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984, UN in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, […]

  • Committee Against Torture

    Committee Against Torture in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Committee Against Torture. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal […]

  • Engineer

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Engineer (You may find engineer at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). mid-14c., enginour, “constructor of military engines,” from Old French engigneor “engineer, architect, maker of war-engines; […]

  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment

    Hierarchical Display of Cruel and degrading treatment Law > Rights and freedoms > Rights of the individualPolitics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Political violence > TortureLaw > Criminal law > Law relating to prisons > Prison system Meaning of Cruel and degrading […]

  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment

    Hierarchical Display of Cruel and degrading treatment Law > Rights and freedoms > Rights of the individualPolitics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Political violence > TortureLaw > Criminal law > Law relating to prisons > Prison system Meaning of Cruel and degrading […]

  • Iron

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Iron (You may find iron at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). Middle English iron, iren, yron, from Old English iren, variant (with rhotacism of -s-) of isen, later form of isern, isærn “the metal iron; an iron […]

  • Iron

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Iron (You may find iron at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). Middle English iron, iren, yron, from Old English iren, variant (with rhotacism of -s-) of isen, later form of isern, isærn “the metal iron; an iron […]

  • Political Violence

    Hierarchical Display of Political violence Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety Meaning of Political violence Overview and more information about Political violence For a more comprehensive understanding of Political violence, see in the general part of the online […]

  • Democratic Deficit

    Definition of Democratic Deficit The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Democratic Deficit: The gap between the potential democratic control exercised by citizens of a nation and the actual amount of democratic control available because of the transfer […]

  • Rights of the Individual

    Hierarchical Display of Rights of the individual Law > Rights and freedomsEuropean Union > EU institutions and European civil service > EU office or agency > European Union Agency for Fundamental RightsPolitics > Politics and public safety > Trends of opinion > OppositionSocial […]

  • Human Rights

    Human rights English Spanish Translation of Human rights Derechos humanosFind other English to Spanish translations from the Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary (print and online), the English to Spanish to English dictionaries (like Human rights) and the Word […]

  • Question

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Question Meaning of Question An interrogatory, an inquiry. A point at issue between parties ; a subject of investigation or debate. Question Alternative […]

  • Absolute Right

    A right may be called absolute merely to distinguish it from one which is relative, or contingent, or not yet finally vested. See absolute. But there is another, further meaning of absolute right in which absolute almost means natural (in the […]