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Immunities

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Legal immunity, or immunity from prosecution, is a legal status wherein an individual or entity cannot be held liable for a violation of the law, in order to facilitate societal aims that outweigh the value of imposing liability in such cases.
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Generally, freedom from legal obligation to perform actions or to suffer penalties, as in “immunity from prosecution”. Specific types of immunity are separately defined and discussed.

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Legislative

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having the power to make laws

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Vested

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secured in the possession of or assigned to a person.

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Congress

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  1. a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
  2. a formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those from a political party or labor union or from within a particular discipline.
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Powers

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What is a power in law?

The right, ability, or authority to perform an act. An ability to generate a change in a particular legal relationship by doing or not doing a certain act.

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Granted

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To confer, give, or bestow. A gift of legal rights or privileges, or a recognition of asserted rights, as in treaty.

Permission

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Senate

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the group of politicians who have the most power to make laws in a government: The US Senate has 100 members

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Electors

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ELECTOR, government. One who has the right to make choice of public officers one, who has a right to vote.

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Requisite

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That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable. (a.) Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; so needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary; indispensable.

Legal dictionary

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Branch

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A branch office is an outlet of a company or, more generally, an organization that – unlike a subsidiary – does not constitute a separate legal entity, while being physically separated from the organization’s main office.

Branch means a place of business which forms a legally dependent part of an institution and which carries out directly all or some of the transactions inherent in the business of institutions; Sample 1. Sample 2. Sample 3. Based on 55 documents.

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Elections

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The processes of voting to decide a public question or to select one person from a designated group to perform certain obligations in a government, corporation, or society.

Elections are commonly understood as the processes of voting for public office or public policy, but they also are used to choose leaders and to settle policy questions in private organizations, such as corporations, labor unions, and religious groups. They also take place within specific government bodies. For example, the U.S. House of Representatives and state legislatures elect their own leaders.

In elections, a candidate is a person who is selected by others as a contestant. A ballot is anything that a voter uses to express his or her choice, such as a paper and pen or a lever on a machine. A poll is the place where a voter casts his or her ballot.

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Representative

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: one who represents or stands in the place of another under authority recognized by law especially with respect to the other’s property or interests: as. a : personal representative. b : an agent having legal status especially : one acting under a power of attorney.

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Prescribed

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to lay down as a rule or guide : specify with authority the times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof — U.S. Constitution art.

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Regulations

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a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, esp. to regulate conduct. 2. the act of regulating or the state of being regulated.

A Regulation is an official rule.

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House

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A dwelling; a building designed for the habitation and residence of men.”House” means, presumptively, a dwelling- house ; a building divided into floors andapartments, with four walls, a roof, and doors and chimneys; but it does not necessarily mean precisely this.

A legislative assembly, or (where the bicameral system obtains) one of the twobranches of the legislature; as the “house of lords,” “house of representatives.” Also aquorum of a legislative body.

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Judge

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an official with the authority and responsibility to preside in a court, try lawsuits and make legal rulings. Judges are almost always attorneys.

To make a decision or reach a conclusion after examining all the factual evidence presented. To form an opinion after evaluating the facts and applying the law.

A public officer chosen or elected to preside over and to administer the law in a court of justice; one who controls the proceedings in a courtroom and decides questions of law or discretion.

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Returns

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The term return in the context of law denotes the act of delivering back to the court a writ, notice, or other paper which a sheriff, constable, or other ministerial officer was required to serve or execute upon a party to the law suit.

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Qualifications

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A particular attribute, quality, property, or possession that an individual must have in order to be eligible to fill an office or perform a public duty or function. For example, attaining the age of majority is a qualification that must be met before an individual has the capacity to enter into a contract.

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Constitute

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To comprise or put together. That which is duly constituted is properly made up and formally correct and valid. Constituted authorities are officers who are properly appointed under constitutional provision to govern the people. TO CONSTITUTE, contr.

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Quorum

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A quorum is the minimum number of members of a group or committee required to be in attendance in order for that group to be able to take official action. Groups that often have quorum requirements include legislative bodies, corporate boards of directors, and corporate shareholder meetings.

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Adjourn

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: to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time adjourn a meeting Court is adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow. intransitive verb. 1 : to suspend a session indefinitely or to another time or place Congress will not adjourn until the budget has been completed.

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to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.

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Compel

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to force or drive, especially to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him. to secure or bring about by force. to force to submit; subdue. to overpower.

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to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure and especially by authority or law cannot compel the defendant to testify the result…

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Ascertained

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To fix ; to render certain or definite; to estimate and determine; to clear of doubt or obscurity.

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Treason

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The offense of betraying one’s own country by attempting to overthrow the government through waging war against the state or materially aiding its enemies. Also termed high treason; alta proditio.

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Felony

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a crime sufficiently serious to be punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison, as distinguished from a misdemeanor which is only punishable by confinement to county or local jail and/or a fine.

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Breach

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a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification.

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literally, a break. A breach may be a failure to perform a contract (breaking its terms), failure to do one’s duty (breach of duty, or breach of trust), causing a disturbance, threatening, or other violent acts which break public tranquility (breach of peace), illegally entering property (breach of close), not telling the truth-knowingly or innocently-about title to property (breach of warranty), or, in past times, refusal to honor a promise to marry (breach of promise). 2) v. the act of failing to perform one’s agreement, breaking one’s word, or otherwise actively violating one’s duty to other.

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Privileged

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A privilege is a legal rule that protects communications within certain relationships from compelled disclosure in a court proceeding. … Communications between an attorney and a client that were made for the purpose of obtaining legal advice may not be disclosed unless the client consents to the disclosure.

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PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS - LEGAL GUIDE

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Debate

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DEBATE, legislation, practice. A contestation between two or more persons, in which they take different sides of a question, and maintain them, respectively, by facts and arguments; or it is a discussion, in writing, of some contested point.

 2. The debate should be conducted with fairness, candor and decorum, and supported by facts and arguments founded in reason; when, in addition, it is ornamented by learning, and decorated by the powers of rhetoric, it becomes eloquent and persuasive. It is essential that the power of debate should be free, in order to an energetic discharge of his duty by the debator. 
 3. The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 6, provides, that for any speech or debate, in either house, the senators and representatives shall not be questioned in any other place.

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Bills

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A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature. A bill does not become law until it is passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive. Once a bill has been enacted into law, it is called an act of the legislature, or a statute.

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Statutes are federal or state written laws (or “acts”) enacted by the Congress or state legislatures. A bill is a legislative proposal for enactment of a law. A bill becomes a law (statute) after it is passed and signed.

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Revenue

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Return or profit such as the annual or periodic rents, profits, interest, or income from any type of real or Personal Property, received by an individual, a corporation, or a government.

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Public revenues are the sources of income that a government collects and receives into its treasury and appropriates for the payment of its expenses. REVENUE.

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Propose

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The act of making a suggestion, declaration, proposition or plan to another party.

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Concur

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Concur refers to the act of agreeing or consenting with the judgment or opinion of another judge in a case but for a different reason and by means of different line of reasoning.

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In the practice of appellate courts, a “concurring opinion” is one filed by one of the judges or justices, in which he agrees with the conclusions or the result of another opinion filed in the case (which may be either the opinion of the court or a dissenting opinion) though he states separately his views of the case …

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Amendments

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To amend is to change by adding, subtracting, or substituting. One can amend a statute, a contract, the Constitution of the United States, or a pleading filed in a law suit.

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Suffrage

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Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).[1][2][3] In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election.[4] The combination of active and passive suffrage is sometimes called full suffrage.

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Impeachment

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If a federal official commits a crime or otherwise acts improperly, the House of Representatives may impeach—formally charge—that official. If the official subsequently is convicted in a Senate impeachment trial, he is removed from office.

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Union

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A union consists of two or more parishes which have been consolidated for the better administration of the poor-law therein. In ecclesiastical law. A union consists of two or more benefices which have been united into one benefice.

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Expedient

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Expedient means that a particular course of action is a practical solution to a problem; it also has overtones of side-stepping tough choices. “Expeditious” means speedy. Sample 1. Sample 2.

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suitable to the circumstances; appropriate. Examples of Expedient in a sentence. 1. Given the fact the police will be looking for us soon, it is expedient we leave this apartment quickly!

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Convene

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convene. / (kənˈviːn) / verb. to gather, call together, or summon, esp for a formal meeting. (tr) to order to appear before a court of law, judge, tribunal, etc.
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Adjournment

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In law, to adjourn means to suspend proceedings to another time or place, or to end them.

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Ambassador

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An ambassador is a diplomatic official sent abroad by some sovereign state or ruler, with a legal commission and authority to transact business on behalf of his country with the government to which he is sent. He is a minister of the highest rank, and represents the person of his sovereign.

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An ambassador is one who is sent to represent one country or government to another. While in the other country, the ambassador presents and demonstrates all the best that their home country or government has to offer.

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Minister

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In public law. One of the highest functionaries in the organization of civil government, standing next to the sovereign or executive head, acting as his immediate auxiliary, and being generally charged with the administration of one of the great bureaus or departments of the executive branch of government. Otherwise called a “cabinet minister,” “secretary of state,” or “secretary of a department” In international law. An officer appointed by the government of one nation as a mediator or arbitrator between two other nations who are engaged in a controversy

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Imposts

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Taxes, duties, or impositions. A duty on imported goods or merchandise. Impost is a tax received by the prince for such merchandises as are brought into any haven within his dominions from foreign nations.

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Excises

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A tax imposed on the performance of an act, the engaging in an occupation, or the enjoyment of a privilege. A tax on the manufacture, sale, or use of goods or on the carrying on of an occupation or activity, or a tax on the transfer of property. In current usage the term has been extended to include various license fees and practically every internal revenue tax except the Income Tax (e.g., federal alcohol and tobacco excise taxes).

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Uniform

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consistent in conduct or opinion uniform interpretation of laws. 3 : of the same form with others : conforming to one rule or mode : consonant.

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Migration

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Something’s or someone’s movement from one place to another, as in data from one format, platform, or system, to another, or from one country to another, or of a substance from one medium. Four Important Factors to Consider Before Renouncing Dual Citizenship.

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Importation

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IMPORTATION, comm. law. The act of bringing goods and merchandise into the United States from a foreign country.

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Imposed

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transitive to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it. rules and regulations imposed by national governments.

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Alliance

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Alliance means a bond or union between persons, families, states, or other parties. In International law, it means a union or association of two or more states or nations formed by league or treaty for jointly waging war or mutually protecting against and repelling hostile attacks. …

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Treaty

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Under international law, a “treaty” is any legally binding agreement between nations. In the United States, the word treaty is reserved for an agreement that is made “by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate” (Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution).

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Confederation

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An agreement between two or more states or nations by which they unite for their mutual protection and good.

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Legal Definition of Confederacy, Confederation - UpCounsel

A confederation is a governmental entity created by independent sovereign State[s] that join together to perform some governmental functions under common authority (Sovereignty; Territorial Integrity and Political Independence).

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Confederations of States - Oxford Public International Law

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Marque

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MARQUE AND REPRISAL. The name given to a commission granted by the supreme power of a state to a private person for the purpose of seizing the property of a foreign state or its subjects.

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Marque and Reprisal legal definition of Marque and Reprisal

A license giving authority to a private citizen allowing the citizen to engage in reprisals against citizens or vessels of another nation. Exclusive power to grant letters of marque lies with Congress pursuant to Article I, § 8, clause 11 of the Constitution.

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Reprisals

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Reprisals are acts of retaliation in the form of conduct which would otherwise be unlawful, resorted to by one belligerent against enemy personnel or property for acts of warfare committed by the other belligerent in violation of the law of war, for the purpose of enforcing future compliance with the recognized rules …

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Emit

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TO EMIT. To put out; to send forth, 2. The tenth section of the first article of the constitution, contains various prohibitions, among which is the following: No state shall emit bills of credit.

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Tender

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Legal tender is something which is acknowledged by the laws as a mechanism to settle a private or public debt or in order to meet a fiscal responsibility which includes paying taxes, abiding by contracts, and finally damages or fines. Almost every country uses its national currency as legal tender.

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Attainder

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At Common Law, that extinction of Civil Rights and capacities that took place whenever a person who had committed Treason or a felony received a sentence of death for the crime

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Ex post facto

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Ex post facto is most typically used to refer to a criminal statute that punishes actions retroactively, thereby criminalizing conduct that was legal when originally performed.

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Communism

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Communism derives from the French communisme, which developed out of the Latin roots communis and the suffix isme.[24] Semantically, communis can be translated to “of or for the community”, while isme is a suffix that indicates the abstraction into a state, condition, action, or doctrine. Communism may be interpreted as “the state of being of or for the community”;

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