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Definition: CONSCIENCE CLAUSE |
CONSCIENCE CLAUSE1. A clause in a general law exempting persons whose religious scruples forbid compliance therewith, -- as from taking judicial oaths, rendering military service, etc. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Conscience Clause (A). A clause in an Act of Parliament to relieve persons with conscientious scruples from certain requirements in it. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Georgia | Five persons who were detained in April 1999 for violating the decree were released after their counsel argued that their detention violated a freedom of conscience clause in the Abkhaz Constitution. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "CONSCIENCE CLAUSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Swedish | samvetsklausul. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-c-e-e-e-i-l-n-n-o-s-s-u" | |
-3 letters: incalescences. | |
-4 letters: coalescences, incalescence. | |
-5 letters: coalescence, consciences, uncoalesces. | |
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