Desegregation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: desegregationdesegregation
desegregation 1 : the action or an instance of desegregating 2 : the state of being desegregated ...
desegregate
desegregate -gat·ed -gat·ing : to eliminate segregation in ;specif : to free from any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units vi : to become desegregated ...
defalcation
defalcation [earlier, deduction, lessening, shortcoming, from Medieval Latin defalcatio discounting of debt, from defalcare to cut down, deduct, from Latin de- away from + falc-, falx sickle] 1 : failure to account for or pay over money that has been entrusted to one's care ;also : an instance of such failure compare embezzle, misappropriate NOTE: Defalcation does not necessarily involve culpability or misconduct. 2 : a failure to meet a promise or expectation [the school committee's s did not end with its refusal to submit a desegregation plan "S. L. Lynch"] ...
desegregate
to eliminate laws regulations or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using certain locations organizations or facilities to introduce members of a racial or religious group into a community facility or organization from which they had been barred...
desegregation
the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community the elimination of laws regulations or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using certain locations organizations or facilities...
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