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121Section Thirty of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — is a section of the Charter that, like other provisions within the section 25 to section 31 bloc, provides a guide as to how Charter rights should be interpreted and applied by Canadian courts. Section 30 s particular role is to address how the… …
122Earth Charter — The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental values and principles from Earth Charter International that it considers as necessary for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century. Created by a large global… …
123Section Twenty-three of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — is the section of the Charter that constitutionally guarantees minority language educational rights to French speaking communities outside Quebec, and, to a lesser extent, English speaking minorities in Quebec. The section may be particularly… …
124Section Thirty-one of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — is a part of the Constitution of Canada, which clarifies that the Charter does not increase the powers of either the federal government or the legislatures of the provinces of Canada. As a result, only the courts may enforce the rights in the… …
125Municipal charter — A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The concept developed in Europe during the middle ages. Traditionally the granting of a charter gave a… …
126Colonial charter — A charter is a document that gave colonies the legal rights to exist. A charter is a document bestowing certain rights on a town, city, university or an institution. Colonial Charters were empowered when the king gave a grant of exclusive powers… …
127Section Twenty of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — is one of the sections of the Charter dealing with Canada s two official languages, English and French. Along with section 16, section 20 is one of the few sections under the title Official Languages of Canada that guarantees bilingualism outside …
128Congressional charter — A congressional charter is a law passed by the United States Congress that states the mission, authority and activities of a group. Congress issued federal charters from 1791 until 1992 under Title 36 of the United States Code. The relationship… …
