Penumbra - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: penumbrapenumbra
penumbra pl: -bras 1 : an area within which distinction or resolution is difficult or uncertain [the public-private ] 2 : an extension of protection, reach, application, or consideration ;esp : a body of rights held to be guaranteed by implication from other rights explicitly enumerated in the U.S. Constitution [the First Amendment has a where privacy is protected from governmental intrusion "Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)"] see also Griswold v. Connecticut in the Important Cases section pe·num·bral [-brəl] adj ...
Penumbrala
Of or pertaining to a penumbra resembling a penumbra partially illuminated...
zone of privacy
zone of privacy :an area or aspect of life that is held to be protected from intrusion by a specific constitutional guarantee (as of the right to be secure in one's person, house, papers, or effects against unreasonable searches or seizures) or is the object of an expectation of privacy [allowed disclosure of medical records, records which were deemed to fall within a zone of privacy, upon a showing of proper government interest "Stenger v. Lehigh Valley Hosp. Ctr., 609 A.2d 796 (1992)"] compare expectation of privacy, penumbra ...
Penumbra
An incomplete or partial shadow...
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