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insurance

or property b : coverage by contract whereby for an agreed payment one party agrees to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by a specified contingency or peril c : the principles and practice of the business

ineffective assistance of counsel

counsel following his conviction] called also ineffective assistance NOTE: Ineffective assistance of counsel is a violation of the guarantee of the assistance of counsel that is provided in the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. A claim

individuals with disabilities in education act (idea)

individuals with disabilities in education act (idea) A federal law that guarantees the right to a free and appropriate education to disabled students. The IDEA typically requires an individualized education

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fourth amendment

fourth amendment The constitutional amendment guaranteeing people the right to be secure in their homes and property against unreasonable searches and seizures, and providing

first amendment

first amendment The constitutional amendment ratified with the Bill of Rights in 1791, guaranteeing the freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly and the right to petition the government for the redress of

equal rights amendment (era)

equal rights amendment (era) The proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution was intended to explicitly guarantee equality to all persons, regardless of gender. After passing in Congress in 1972, the amendment did not receive

equal protection

equal protection : a guarantee under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that a state must treat an individual or class of

endorsement

document or instrument ;esp : an inscription usually on the back of a negotiable instrument that transfers or guarantees the instrument blank endorsement : an endorsement (as a signature) of a negotiable instrument that does not name

due process

that result in the unfair or arbitrary treatment of an individual called also substantive due process NOTE: The guarantee of due process is found in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which states “no person shall…be deprived

original intent

esp. of the framers of the U.S. Constitution 2 : a conservative theory in constitutional law: only those guarantees intended by the framers and set forth in the text of the Constitution are valid compare judicial restraint

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