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    outlawed
    /ˈaʊtlɔːd/

    adjective

    • 1. made illegal; banned: "an outlawed extremist group"

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  2. Jan 29, 2024 · Directives on combating violence against women have a long history as does wrangling over what defines rape, writes Prof Jane Ohlmeyer in a piece first published in the Irish Independent.

  3. On June 30, 2017, Germany approved a bill criminalizing hate speech on social media sites. Among criminalizing hate speech, the law states that social networking sites may be fined up to €50 million (US$56 million) if they persistently fail to remove illegal content within a week, including defamatory "fake news".

  4. Marital rape (a form of partner rape, of domestic violence, and sexual abuse by a spouse) is illegal in all 50 US states, though the details of the offence vary by state. Prior to the 1970s, marital rape was legal in every US state. It was partially outlawed in Michigan and Delaware in 1974, then wholly outlawed in South Dakota and ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PedophiliaPedophilia - Wikipedia

    The word pedophilia comes from the Greek παῖς, παιδός (paîs, paidós), meaning 'child', and φιλία (philía), 'friendly love' or 'friendship'. [16] The term paedophilie (in German) started being used in the 1830s among researchers of pederasty in Ancient Greece.

  6. Aug 2, 2016 · The Nuremberg Laws meant that Jews could no longer define their identities for themselves. What does it mean to lose the right to define yourself? How was the problem confronting Germans of Jewish descent in 1935 similar to that faced by the Bear in reading, The Bear That Wasn’t in Chapter 1?

  7. Chapter 39 of the original Magna Carta provided, “No free man shall be taken, imprisoned, disseised, outlawed, banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will We proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of the land.”

  8. May 15, 2015 · To this day, sodomy and gross indecency laws are broadly defined and often include consensual and non-consensual sex, bestiality, oral, and anal sex. Vague, seemingly unrelated laws, such as...

  9. Mar 15, 2022 · Approved July 2, 1890, The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. The Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts.

  10. Government Restraint of Content of Expression. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Annotations.

  11. Feb 24, 2015 · A debtorsprison is any prison, jail, or other detention facility in which people are incarcerated for their inability, refusal, or failure to pay debt. What is the history of debtors’ prisons in the United States?