Search results for: “civil war”
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Insurrection
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Insurrection Meaning of Insurrection A rebellion of citizens or subjects of a country against its government. An insurrection may constitute treason (2 Dall. [U. S.] 348), and, ,if extensive, may amount […]
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Insurrection
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Insurrection Meaning of Insurrection A rebellion of citizens or subjects of a country against its government. An insurrection may constitute treason (2 Dall. [U. S.] 348), and, ,if extensive, may amount […]
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Stare Decisis
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Stare Decisis (You may find stare decisis at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). the legal doctrine of being bound by precedents, Latin, literally “to stand by things decided;” from stare “to stand,” […]
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Lynch
Grammar This term is a verb. Etimology of Lynch (You may find lynch at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1835, “inflict severe (but not deliberately fatal) bodily punishment (on someone) without legal sanction,” from earlier Lynch law (1811), in […]
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Mudsill
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Mudsill (You may find mudsill at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1680s, “lowest sill of a house,” from mud + sill. The word entered U.S. political history in a speech by James M. Hammond of South Carolina, […]
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Union
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Union Meaning of Union A league. An association of persons with a common purpose, such as a trade or labor union. Union Alternative Definition In the […]
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Loco-foco
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Loco-foco (You may find loco-foco at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). also locofoco, American English, said to date from 1834 in the sense “self-igniting cigar or friction match,” of obscure origin. The first […]
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Rebel
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Rebel Meaning of Rebel A citizen or subject who unjustly and unlawfully takes up arms against the constituted authorities of the nation, to deprive them of the supreme power, either by resisting their […]
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Fourth Estate
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Fourth Estate (You may find fourth estate at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). the press, by 1824, and especially from 1831, British English. For the other three, see estate. Earlier the term had been applied in various […]
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Belligerent Communities
Recognition of Recognition of Belligerent CommunitiesIn the context of international law, the legal resource A Dictionary of Law, provides a definition of Belligerent Communities, Recognition of Recognition of Belligerent Communities : The formal acknowledgment by a state of the existence of a […]
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Geneva Conventions
Geneva Conventions in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Geneva Conventions.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Work Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading Geneva […]
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Belligerency
nounaffray aggression aggressiveness altercation animosity antagonism assault attack battling bellicosity belligerance clashing combat combativeness conflict …
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Public Domain
In its most general sense, all landed property owned by the public. In peculiar context it has been limited to unappropriated public lands. 68 Tex. 547. …
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Ku Klux Klan
A secret society, the membership of which is limited to white men, against which legislation has been directed on account of alleged anti-Negro and anti-Semitic practices. …