... . After much brainstorming, I chose the word freedom because I believe that there are many different limitations in regards to freedom. The dictionary fails to define that freedom has consequences, and that the earth and society has placed many, many limitations upon the dictionary's definition of freedom. My revised definition of freedom is the condition of being free of restraints, limited by the law ... the law, then we must face the consequences of our actions. Is any country truly a free country if we are put in jail for breaking the law? According to the dictionary's current defini...

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Does not the tem negative discrimination seem a little redundant? According to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, discrimination is defined as the act, practice, or an instance of distinguishing categorically rather than individually. There are many different categories of discrimination such as gender discrimination, racial discrimination, and ... , cried out, "Can't we all just get along?" I think the reason we all cannot get along is racial discrimination. Let us not confuse this with racism, which is, according to Dictionary.com, the belief that one race is superior to the others....

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... "feminist" as "a person who advocates equal rights for women"." Activists, in the same dictionary, are defined as "advocates of a cause, especially a political cause"." Though similar in definition, it has been argued that in Sophocles' story, "Antigone", he portrays Antigone as either one of the ... ...

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... . 2.Roman law. 3. A legal system based on Roman law, as distinct from the English system of *common law. 4.*Private law, as opposed to *public law, military law, and ecclesiastical law."" from Dictionary of Law (see reference list) 5 Canon law: "(ecclesiastical law) Church law, such as the Roman Catholic code of Canon law and, in England, the law of the Church of England ... . Unless subsequently becoming * legislation or *custom, it is not part of the laws of England but is binding on the clergy and lay people holding ecclesiastical office, e.g. churchwardens. Dictionary of Law (see refe...

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... pain, suffering, and misery; and the individual's frustration from having a valueless life. First off one should understand what the term euthanasia means. What is euthanasia? Euthanasia is defined in Webster's Dictionary as "the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reason of mercy (Webster ... 's Dictionary 401). The Hemlock Society defines it as justifiable suicide that is rational and planned self-deliverance. In ancient Greece, Euthanasia stands for eu-thanatos which means "easy death."" Today's ...

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... an assigned service; conduct due to parents and superiors. An obligation, also from the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, is a duty imposed legally or socially; a thing that one is bound to do by contract, promise, moral responsibility. To me, an obligation is something you are obliged to do. It ... ...

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... Judicial Legitimacy, because a just judicial system would protect the innocent and prosecute the guilty. And with that I offer definitions of key words in the resolution from The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. The first is judicial, which is defined as :Of, relating to, or proper to courts of law or to the administration of justice, the ... privileged communication is a form of censorship, which has potential to censor potentially harmful information from the community. I will take this opportunity to define the word censorship from the American...

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... with one another, and this practice eventually led to the uprising of organized crime. Organized crime ranges from racketeering (defined in the Oxford Dictionary as making money through dishonest or illegal activities), to extortion (defined in the Oxford Dictionary as the act of making someone give you something by threatening them), which can be better described as the collecting of an unlawful ... ...

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... for a guilty plea or a terrible incarceration in return for a person's perseverance to prove his innocence through a trial. QUOTE ONLY IF CHALLENGED Plea bargaining as explained by the Canadian Law legal dictionary p.353, "For an accused person to plead guilty, or to give any material testimony for concessions from the prosecutor such as a lesser sentence, or dismissal of the other charges ... ...

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... of years, some individuals that have been diagnosed terminally ill have chosen to die with dignity. Death with dignity, what is it? Why does it matter? According to the medical dictionary, death with dignity "often includes the implementation or withholding of various treatments as defined by the competent person and/or person with power of attorney." Meaning that patients ... ...

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... the problem can be dissected any further the difference between decriminalized and legalization must be identified. Decriminalization can be defined as the act of eliminating criminal penalties or legal restrictions (Dictionary.com 2010). In this case it would be lowering the charges of cannabis possession charges from criminal offenses into general fines. So instead of a full on arrest it would be ... ...

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Webster's dictionary defines the word "euthanasia" as the practice of killing someone who is very ill and will never get better in order to end their suffering, usually done at their request or with their consent. At first, the world "euthanasia" was used when referring to animals, but eventually b...

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... a long list of forms to choose from like; family law forms, uncontested divorce forms (Supreme Court), civil law forms (Supreme Court and Surrogate's Court). The Law subsection gives you a law dictionary to look up definitions and has a law library addresses. It also has Legal Term's: What do they mean and answers to common law questions. The Lawyer subsection has a lawyer referral ... ...

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... to everyone and protects the accused until they are found guilty. Some believe that just because a person is on trial they are automatically guilty. What is morality? According to Webster's Dictionary, morality is "a doctrine or system of moral conduct: Or particular moral principals or rules of conduct: or conformity to ideals of human conduct." Morality is concerned only with right and ... ...

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... to everyone and protects the accused until they are found guilty. Some believe that just because a person is on trial they are automatically guilty. What is morality? According to Webster's Dictionary, morality is "a doctrine or system of moral conduct: Or particular moral principals or rules of conduct: or conformity to ideals of human conduct." Morality is concerned only with right and ... ...

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... . Some believe that just because a person is on trial they are automatically guilty. What is morality? It is the major issue facing counselors who defend the guilty. According to Webster's Dictionary, Morality is "a doctrine or system of moral conduct: Or particular moral principals or rules of conduct: or conformity to ideals of human conduct." Morality is concerned only with right and ... ...

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Of course I looked "justice" up in the dictionary before I started to write this paper and I did not find anything of interest except of course a common word in every definition, that implies being "fair". This implies that justice would ... ...

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Constitution's Significance and Law in America The definition of constitution is the act or process of composing, setting up or establishing (Websters Dictionary online). When I think of constitution I think of our "founding father's", the ones who established our governemnt and function. I am reminded of why they came over here. I think of the Constitution ... ...

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... that day and time you have to take into mind> In my mind Antigone can still be a good citizen of Thebes even if she disobeyed Creon's edict. According to Webster's Dictionary there are two separate definitions for the word citizen. The definitions are as follows, "1: an inhabitant of a city or town; especially: one entitled to the rights and privileges of a freeman ... ...

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Webster's Dictionary defines justice as the quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine ... ...

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... States. Where a vigilante law system was widely used. But first, the actual definition of a vigilante is someone who takes law enforcement into one's own hands or a member in a vigilance committee (Dictionary). In this time period, in small towns where no legal system or law enforcement was put into place, a vigilance committee could have been made. Where by there is no legal ... ...

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Hemp. Weed. Ganja. Pot. Bud. Mary Jane. Marijuana. Many names have been given to describe "a preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant" (Dictionary), usually taken through the act of smoking or ingestion, resulting in a feeling of euphoria. To legalize or not to legalize, that is the question of debate contemplating the Canadian government ... ...

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... high school kids something to do and being used to treat terminally ill patients marijuana has acquired the title of the "gateway drug." What does that really mean? Well on a dictionary outlook it means " A habit-forming substance whose use may lead to the abuse of drugs that are more addictive or more dangerous"; or more simply put a substance that opens the ... ...

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Of course I looked "justice" up in the dictionary before I started to write this paper and I did not find anything of interest except of course a common word in every definition, that implies being "fair". This implies that justice would ... ...

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... democracy of Athens evolved slowly. Pericles is the man who is very closely associated with demokratia. He was the man who firmly enstilled the demokratian government in Athens. In Webster's Dictionary, democracy is defined in as, "Government by the people." Under the leadership of Pericles, that is precisely what Athens was. Pericles created counsils of numerous individuals and made it possible ... ...

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