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civil liberty
Matched in: Term civil liberty
Slavery
Slavery, that civil relation in which one man has absolute power over the liberty of another. It cannot subsist in England.
ACLU
ACLU American Civil Liberties Union … ACLU American Civil Liberties Union
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Freedom of speech and expression
of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 124: 1950 SCR 594: 1950 Cri LJ 1514. See also People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4 SCC 399. Carries with it the right to publish and circulate … Madras, AIR 1950 SC 124: 1950 SCR 594: 1950 Cri LJ 1514. See also People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4 SCC 399. Carries with it the right to publish and circulate one's
Arrest
a person charged or suspected of a crime may be forthcoming to answer it. Arrests are either in civil or (see APPREHENSION) criminal cases; civil arrests must be affected, in order to be legal, by virtue of … Arrest [fr. restae, Lat.; arrestare, It.; arrester, Fr., to bring one to stand], the restraining of the liberty of a man's person in order to compel obedience to the order of a Court of Justice, or
Freedom of expression
participate in the process of formulation of common decisions. Indeed, freedom of expression is the first condition of liberty. It occupies a preferred position in the hierarchy of liberties giving succour and protection to other liberties. It … a medium of communica-tions a modern phenomenon. It has immense power to advance or thwart the progress of civilization. Its freedom can be used to create a brave new world or to bring about universal catastrophe, Indian
Civil consequences
Matched in: Term Civil consequences
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
liberty (otherwise than for some criminal or supposed criminal matter, or for debt, or by pro-cess in any civil suit), any judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court 'shall, upon probable and reasonable ground
Civil rights
Matched in: Term Civil rights
King's Bench
in every case where there was no other specific remedy. By writ of habeas corpus it protected the liberty of the subject by speedy and summary interposition. It took cognizance both of criminal and civil causes: the … their proceedings to be determined here, or, by writ of prohibition, prohibit their progress below. It superintended all civil operations in the kingdom. (See quo warranto.) By writ of mandamus it commanded magistrates to do what their
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