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  • Freedom of Religious Beliefs

    Hierarchical Display of Freedom of religious beliefs Law > Rights and freedoms > Rights of the individualSocial Questions > Culture and religion > ReligionLaw > Rights and freedoms > Anti-discriminatory measure > Religious discriminationSocial Questions > Social framework > […]

  • Political Ideology

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Political Ideology in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term political ideology into Spanish: ideología política (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal […]

  • Government

    Government

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Government Meaning of Government The governing body of a community , a state , United States , territory, district , municipality , a commonwealth . See 11 U.S.C. §101(21). <div […]

  • Apartheid

    Apartheid

    What does Apartheid mean in American Law? The definition of Apartheid in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: An Afrikaans (i.e., South African Dutch) word meaning “apartness,” denominating the South African […]

  • Religious Conflict

    Hierarchical Display of Religious conflict Law > Rights and freedoms > Anti-discriminatory measure > Religious discriminationSocial Questions > Culture and religion > ReligionInternational Relations > International security > International conflict > War Meaning of Religious conflict […]

  • Census

    Census

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Census Meaning of Census The counting, officially, or enumeration of people of a state , a nation or district . See Cahill v Leopold, 103 A.2d 818, 141 Conn. 1. […]

  • Civil Union

    Definition of Civil Union A legally recognized union providing same-sex couples with the rights, benefits, and responsibilities similar (in some countries, identical) to opposite-sex civil marriage.

  • Racism

    Definition of Racism The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Racism: An ideology based on the idea that humans can be separated into distinct racial groups and that these groups can be ranked on a hierarchy of intelligence, ability, morality etc. See: […]

  • War

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of War Meaning of War A state of armed conflict between two or more nations. That state in which a nation prosecutes its rights by force. See Prize Cases 2 Black 635, 17 L. Ed. 459. In the United States the […]

  • Fiscal Policy

    Financial Definition of Fiscal Policy Meaning of Fiscal Policy The use of government spending and taxing for the specific purpose of stabilizing the economy. Related Entries of Fiscal Policy in the […]

  • Ethnic Group

    A collective of people sharing an enduring and special sense of identity, which can include language, religion, and racial characteristics, among others. A collective of people sharing an enduring and special sense of identity, which can include language, religion, and racial characteristics, […]

  • Economic Integration

    International Trade Meaning and Definition of Economic Integration Meaning of Economic Integration The integration of commercial and financial activities among countries through the abolishment of economic discrimination.<div […]

  • Religion

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Religion Meaning of Religion The service and adoration of God or a God as expressed in f.r.s. of worship ; an apprehension, awareness or conviction of the existence of a supreme being; any system of […]

  • Sexual Minority

    Hierarchical Display of Sexual minority Law > Rights and freedoms > Anti-discriminatory measure > Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientationLaw > Rights and freedoms > Social rights > Equal treatmentSocial Questions > Family > Family law > Civil union Meaning of Sexual minority […]

  • Right-To-Work

    Right-To-Work Right-To-Work Laws in the Economic Activity An introductory concept of Right-To-Work Laws may be: laws that prevent union membership from being a condition of employment Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Right To Work in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term […]