National's Dictionary
14th Amendment

The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves. It also prohibits states from denying any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws and due process of law. The amendment was […]

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National's Dictionary
Civil Action

In the Civil Law A personal action which is instituted to compel payment, or the doing of some other thing which is purely civil. Pothier, Introd. Gen. aux Cont. 110. At Common Law One which seeks the establishment, recovery, or redress of private and civil rights. One brought to recover some civil right, or to […]

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