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11Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement — ▪ 2006 Introduction Trials of former heads of state, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain and the death penalty, and high profile cases against former executives of large corporations were leading legal and criminal issues in 2005.… …
12abolish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. annul, cancel, abrogate; exterminate, wipe out. See nullification, destruction. Ant., establish, reinstate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. suppress, eradicate, terminate, exterminate, obliterate, do away… …
13law — law1 lawlike, adj. /law/, n. 1. the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision. 2 …
14Law and government of Colorado — The Colorado State Capitol in Denver Main article: State of Colorado The Constitution of the State of Colorado provides for three branches of government: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches …
15abolish — 01. The death penalty was [abolished] in this country about 50 years ago. 02. Hitting children as punishment for bad behavior was [abolished] in schools when I was a child. 03. The government has passed a law [abolishing] prayer in public schools …
16abolish */*/ — UK [əˈbɒlɪʃ] / US [əˈbɑlɪʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms abolish : present tense I/you/we/they abolish he/she/it abolishes present participle abolishing past tense abolished past participle abolished to officially get rid of a law, system,… …
17abolish — verb /əˈbɒlɪʃ/ a) To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; to end a law, system, custom or institution Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century. b) To put an end to or …
18abolish — a|bol|ish [ ə balıʃ ] verb transitive * to officially get rid of a law, system, practice, etc.: Congress should abolish the estate tax …
19abolish — a•bol•ish [[t]əˈbɒl ɪʃ[/t]] v. t. ished, ish•ing to do away with (a law, custom, condition, etc.) completely; put an end to; annul: to abolish slavery[/ex] • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME < MF aboliss , long s. of abolir < L abolēre to… …
20abolish — a|bol|ish [əˈbɔlıʃ US əˈba: ] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: abolir, from Latin abolere, probably from abolescere to disappear ] to officially end a law, system etc, especially one that has existed for a long time ▪ Slavery was… …
