states' rights
(ˈsteɪts mən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the rights belonging to the states, esp. with reference to the strict construction of the Constitution by which all rights not delegated to the federal government belong to the states.
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parks
(Parks, Rosa Parks)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
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rosa parks
(Parks, Rosa Parks)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
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bill of rights
(ɪˈli tɒn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a formal statement of the rights of the people of the United States, incorporated in the Constitution as Amendments 1–10, and in all state constitutions.
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minor
Webster Dictionary
a person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age
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nullification
(nullification)
Princeton's WordNet
the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
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fourteenth amendment
(Fourteenth Amendment)
Princeton's WordNet
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government
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states' rights
(states' rights)
Princeton's WordNet
the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
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human rights
(ˈhyu məˌnɔɪd; often ˈyu-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fundamental rights, esp. those believed to belong to an individual and in whose exercise a government may not interfere, as the rights to speak, associate, and work.
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right
Webster Dictionary
to do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate
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dead
Webster Dictionary
cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead
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taney
(Taney, Roger Taney, Roger Brooke Taney)
Princeton's WordNet
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)
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roger taney
(Taney, Roger Taney, Roger Brooke Taney)
Princeton's WordNet
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)
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roger brooke taney
(Taney, Roger Taney, Roger Brooke Taney)
Princeton's WordNet
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)
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young
(Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
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roy wilkins
(Wilkins, Roy Wilkins)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)
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whitney moore young jr.
(Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
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whitney young
(Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
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wilkins
(Wilkins, Roy Wilkins)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)
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rights issue
(rights offering, rights issue)
Princeton's WordNet
an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later
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rights offering
(rights offering, rights issue)
Princeton's WordNet
an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later
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bill of rights
(Bill of Rights)
Princeton's WordNet
a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
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senate
Webster Dictionary
the upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons
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evers
(Evers, Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963)
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medgar wiley evers
(Evers, Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963)
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medgar evers
(Evers, Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963)
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aggression
(əˈgrɛʃ ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the action of a state in violating by force the rights of another state, particularly its territorial rights.
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substantive
(substantive, essential)
Princeton's WordNet
defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
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essential
(substantive, essential)
Princeton's WordNet
defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
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farmer
(Farmer, James Leonard Farmer)
Princeton's WordNet
United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)
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