Glossary- abolish
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to get rid of
- abridge
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to shorten, to reduce or lessen
- admission
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allowing to enter
- alleged
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accused, declared, supposed
- assumption
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presuming, supposing, something taken for granted
- authorizes
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give permission, or authority/power
- commingling
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to mix or mingle together
to combine
- constitutes
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to compose
to establish
to create
- construction
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to create
- conveyances
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communication
means of transporting
- denied
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to refuse to agree, withhold, refuse to recognize
- denied
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to refuse to agree, withhold, refuse to recognize
- deprive
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to take away, withhold
- deprive
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to take away, withhold
- deprives
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to take away, withhold
- detrimental
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causing loss or injury, damaging, harmful
- Dissent.
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the disagreeing opinion
the opposite argument
- distinctions
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a marking off or distinguishing as different
- doctrine
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a particular principle, position, or policy taught oradvocated, as of a religion or government:
- domestic
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of or relating to the home, the household,household affairs, or the family:
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- due process of law
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the regular administration of the law, according towhich no citizen may be denied his or her legalrights and all laws must conform to fundamental,accepted legal principles, as the right of theaccused to confront his or her accusers.
- enacted
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to make into an act
- exclude
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to shut or keep out
- expenditures
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expenses
- facilities
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something designed, built, installed
something that permits the easier performanceof an action, course of conduct
- facilities
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something designed, built, installed
something that permits the easier performanceof an action, course of conduct
- fallacy
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false
not true
- hostile
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characteristic of an enemy
not friendly, warm or generous
- immunities
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exemption
resistance
- imply
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to indicate, suggest or signify
- inferiority
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lower in station or rank
- inferiority
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lower in station or rank
- inferiority.
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lower in station or rank
- inherently
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existing in someone or something as a permanentand inseparable element, quality, or attribute
- inherently
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existing in someone or something as a permanentand inseparable element, quality, or attribute
- injury
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harm or damage that is done or sustained
- invalidate
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to discredit, or to deprive
- jurisdiction
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the right, power, or authority to administer justiceby hearing and determining controversies.2.power; authority; control:
- jurisdiction
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the right, power, or authority to administer justiceby hearing and determining controversies.2.power; authority; control:
- Justice,
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righteous
the maintenance or administration of what is justby law
- majority opinion
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the overall decision based on agreement by the most people
- majority opinion:
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the overall decision based on agreement by the most people
- naturalized
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to become a citizen
- oppression
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the exercise of authority or power in aburdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- ordain
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to establish by law
- perception
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insight
thinking something is one way
- permitted
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allowing, giving permission
- permitted
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permission
- Plaintiff,
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a person who brings suit in a court
- Posterity
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descendents of one person
- prejudice
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unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes,especially of a hostile nature, regarding an ethnic,racial, social, or religious group.
- preserve
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to keep alive or in existence; make lasting:
to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare.
- prosecuted
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- to institute legal proceedings against (aperson).
- rationale
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the fundamental reason or reasons serving toaccount for something.2.a statement of reasons.3.a reasoned exposition of principles.
- reside
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where you live
- sanction
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something that serves to support an action
- segregation
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seperate
- sinister
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evil
- statute
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law
- stigma
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a mark of disgrace
- sustained
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to support, hold, or bear up from below
- tangible
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being able to change or mold
- TEMPORARILY
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short amount of time