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CLIENT A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal business; to assist, to counsel, and to defend the individual in legal proceedings; and to appear on his or her behalf in court. This term includes a person who divulges confidential matters to an attorney... Read more
phenogram phenogram
phenogram A type of dendrogram which is based on phenetic data (see PHENETIC CLASSIFICATION). Lines called phenon lines, drawn at right angles to the dichotomously branching dendrogram, represent lines of percentage similarity of phenetic features between organisms. Because the phenetic data are... Read more
Josef Popper-Lynkeus Josef Popper-Lynkeus
Josef Popper-Lynkeus , 1838-1921, Austrian philosopher, social reformer, and inventor. His unpopular views kept him from any academic position, so he worked at various jobs until his inventions (the most notable being a device that improved the working capacity of engine boilers) gave him financial... Read more
academic freedom academic freedom
academic freedom right of scholars to pursue research, to teach, and to publish without control or restraint from the institutions that employ them. It is a civil right that is enjoyed, at least in statute, by all citizens of democratic countries. In the case of scholars, whose occupation is... Read more
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feminism feminism
feminism movement for the political, social, and educational equality of women with men; the movement has occurred mainly in Europe and the United States. It has its roots in the humanism of the 18th cent. and in the Industrial Revolution. Feminist issues range from access to employment, education,... Read more
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adoption adoption
adoption act by which the legal relation of parent and child is created. Adoption was recognized by Roman law but not by common law . Statutes first introduced adoption into U.S. law in the mid-19th cent., and today it is allowed in all states of the United States and in Great Britain. Adoption... Read more
World Court World Court
World Court popular name of the Permanent Court of International Justice, established pursuant to Article 14 of the Covenant of the League of Nations. The protocol establishing it was adopted by the Assembly of the League in 1920 and ratified by the requisite number of states in 1921. By the time... Read more
American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Founded (1920) by such prominent figures as Jane Addams, Helen Keller, Judah Magnus, and Norman Thomas, the ACLU grew out of earlier... Read more

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Author's legal efforts to silence critics are off base
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