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Depiction
A painting or depicting a representation...
comic strip
a brief sequence of drawings usually with characters drawn only sketchily as in a cartoon with dialog written in ldquoballoonsrdquo over a characters head and depicting a fictional and usually comical incident also called a cartoon Each comic strip contains typically from four to six panels arranged horizontally but widely varying arrangements are published In modern newspapers weekly comic strips are in color and daily strips are usually in black and white In some the story depicted may be serialized and continuous carried over from day to day or week to week Stories of adventure drama mystery or an otherwise non comical nature depicted in the same style are also called comic strips...
pornography
pornography : material that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement NOTE: Pornographic material is protected expression unless it is determined to be obscene. However, child pornography is illegal under federal and state laws prohibiting the depiction of minors in sexual acts. por·nog·ra·pher [pȯr-nÄ -grə-fər] n por·no·graph·ic [pȯr-nə-gra-fik] adj por·no·graph·i·cal·ly adv ...
silent witness theory
silent witness theory : a theory or rule in the law of evidence: photographic evidence (as photographs or videotapes) produced by a process whose reliability is established may be admitted as substantive evidence of what it depicts without the need for an eyewitness to verify the accuracy of its depiction ...
obscene
obscene [Middle French, from Latin obscenus obscaenus indecent, lewd] : extremely or deeply offensive according to contemporary community standards of morality or decency see also Roth v. United States in the Important Cases section NOTE: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that obscene applies to materials that appeal predominantly to a prurient interest in sexual conduct, depict or describe sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Material or expression deemed obscene by the court is not protected by the free speech guarantee of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ...
offensive
offensive 1 : of, relating to, or designed for attack [ weapons] 2 : causing displeasure or resentment ;esp : contrary to a particular or prevailing sense of what is decent, proper, or moral [depicted sexual acts in a patently way] see also obscene of·fen·sive·ly adv of·fen·sive·ness n ...
Son of Sam law
Son of Sam law [after Son of Sam, pseudonym of serial killer David Berkowitz, whose profits from the sale of his story a 1977 New York statute attempted to divert to his victims] : a law preventing criminals from profiting from media depictions (as in books or films) of their crimes ...
Blottesque
Characterized by blots or heavy touches coarsely depicted wanting in delineation...
Cosmosphere
An apparatus for showing the position of the earth at any given time with respect to the fixed stars It consist of a hollow glass globe on which are depicted the stars and constellations and within which is a terrestrial globe...
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