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allegiance
allegiance in political terms, the tie that binds an individual to another individual or institution. The term usually refers to a person's legal obligation of obedience to a government in return for the protection of that government, although it may have reference to any institution that one is... Read more |
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oath of allegiance
oath of allegiance. Following the Remonstrance controversy of the 1660s there were various attempts over the century that followed to agree a formula whereby Catholics could attest their loyalty to the monarch. Such a formula, it was argued by Protestant supporters, would make it possible to... Read more |
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Loyalty Oath
LOYALTY OATH An oath that declares an individual's allegiance to the government and its institutions and disclaims support of ideologies or associations that oppose or threaten the government. Loyalty oaths are required of government officials, such as the president, members of Congress and state... Read more |
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Pledge of Allegiance
Pledge of Allegiance in full, Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, oath that proclaims loyalty to the United States. and its national symbol. It reads: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation... Read more |
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Fianna Fail Party (Ireland)
Fianna Fáil (‘soldiers of Ireland’), a political party formally inaugurated on 16 May 1926. Tensions within the anti‐treaty Sinn Féin party, led by Eamon de Valera, over the issue of abstention from the Dáil and the long‐term future of the party, came to... Read more |
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abjure
abjure abjure the realm swear an oath to leave the country for ever.Oath of Abjuration an oath disclaiming allegiance to James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766, known as the Old Pretender), son of James II, or his descendants as claimants to the British throne. The Abjuration Act of... Read more |
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nonjurors
nonjurors [Lat.,=not swearing], those English and Scottish clergymen who refused to break their oath of allegiance to James II and take the oath to William III after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. They upheld the principles of hereditary succession and the divine right of kings, and their... Read more |
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Renunciation
351. Renunciation abdication the formal act by a regent of resigning from his position. abjuration the act of renouncing upon oath, such as an alien applying for citizenship renouncing allegiance to a former country of nationality. expatriation the process of abandoning one |
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Glencoe massacre
Glencoe massacre. The massacre, on 13 February 1692, has remained one of the most potent ‘myths’ in Scottish history. As part of the pacification of the Highlands after the collapse of the Jacobite rising of 1689–90 a royal order required all clan chieftains to take an oath of... Read more |
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hostages
hostages were human pledges handed over by an inferior to a superior, more rarely exchanged by two parties of equal standing, to guarantee fulfilment of a contract. An early Irish king's base clients jointly delivered a human pledge to guarantee payment of his food rents, and the word for base... Read more |
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ACLU Targets U.S. Navy
...and I think it's time to fight." He...court that entertains an ACLU suit against the Navy...likely to be included in next year's Defense authorization...banned at Navy, and the ACLU will set its sights on a bigger ... |
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ACLU Targets Nervous School Heads
...05-10-1999 ACLU Targets Nervous School Heads...chemistry book he's carrying. Across...staff attorney at the ACLU's national headquarters...Gary Daniels of the ACLU in Ohio said the most...behavior. What's ... |
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Analysis: ACLU suit targets taxes on `religious' books
...2005 Analysis: ACLU suit targets taxes on `religious...Kabbalah to the witch's bible and books like...sales tax.' And the next person is buying the...Maggie Garrett is the ACLU attorney in the case...advantage of, and that's ... |
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ACLU Unexpectedly Finds Itself in Cross Fire of '88 Campaign
...assailing the ACLU for opposing movie...fact sheet the next day explaining that, while he and the ACLU "stand on common...Union. That's nonsense and he...backed women's rights to abortion...It has been the target of ... |
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ACLU CHALLENGES CRECHE
...challenge the town's Christmas creche...Borough Hall. The ACLU said the creche disregarded...Santa Claus figure next to the plywood Nativity...the season. But the ACLU didn't buy the redesigned...Hackensack. It's the first town ... |
 "The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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The odd couple.(Editorials)(Conservatives, ACLU finding common...
...has made it a consistent target of conservative hostility...carrying member of the ACLU." The ACLU has riled people on the...continues to be fed by the ACLU's periodic challenges of...congressional terms end next month. ... |
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RIGHTS-US: SUIT BY ACLU UNCOVERS MORE IMMIGRANT PRISONER DEATHS
...in thecourts. The ACLU says deficient medical...ICE detainees. The ACLU filed a lawsuit in...the country's largest for-profitcorrectional...its lawsuit, the ACLU challenges medical...center has been another target ofcriticism. Civil...the ... |
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ACLU presents upside-down understanding of federal conscience law on abortion
...Likewise, the ACLU insists that Medicaid...treatment. But the ACLU doesnt acknowledge the next sentence in that...view an action that targets the preborn patient...complaints with the U.S. Department of Health...federal law, but the ... |
 "O'Reilly Factor (FOX News)")
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Follow-up: ACLU Beef with "Matrix" Information System
...cell phones -- the ACLU doesn't want it...here. I mean, the ACLU is sticking up for...enforcement state. There's no reason. They...do with them being next as a terrorist target or anything like that...I thought that the ACLU ... |
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ACLU continues battle with Ky. over Ten Commandments
...come. So far, the ACLU has sued seven Kentucky...owned hospital. The ACLU followed with lawsuits...each could be the next target for litigation unless...executive director of the ACLU of Kentucky. In some...preliminary ruling, a ... |
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