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  • 21Military use of children — A Chinese Nationalist soldier, age 10, member of a Chinese division from the X Force, boarding planes in Burma bound for China, May 1944. The military use of children takes three distinct forms: children can take direct part in hostilities (child …

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  • 22The public scandal of the Dreyfus Affair — The scandal over falsely accused Alfred Dreyfus grew into a public scandal of unprecedented scale. Almost the entire french nation became divided between pro and anti Dreyfusards.Attitude of the pressAgainst this odious campaign was set in motion …

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  • 23expropriation — I (divestiture) noun attachment, confiscation, deprivation, dislodgment, dispossession, disseisin, distraint, distress, divestment, ejection, eviction, expulsion, forcible seizure, foreclosure, removal, sequestration II (right of eminent domain)… …

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  • 24confiscation — n. Forfeiting, condemnation to public use …

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  • 25Eminent domain — (United States), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia), or expropriation (South Africa and Canada) is an action of the state to seize a citizen s private property, expropriate… …

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  • 26Regulatory taking — refers to a situation in which a government regulates a property to such a degree that the regulation effectively amounts to an exercise of the government s eminent domain power without actually divesting the property s owner of title to the… …

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  • 27eminent domain — em·i·nent do·main / e mə nənt / n: the right of the government to take property from a private owner for public use by virtue of the superior dominion of its sovereignty over all lands within its jurisdiction see also condemn, expropriate, take… …

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  • 28Kelo v. City of New London — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Kelo v. New London ArgueDate=February 22 ArgueYear=2005 DecideDate=June 23 DecideYear=2005 FullName=Susette Kelo, et al. v. City of New London, Connecticut, et al. Citation=125 S. Ct. 2655; 162 L. Ed. 2d 439; 2005 U.S. LEXIS… …

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  • 29Definitions of terrorism — Terrorism Definitions · Counter terrorism International conventions Anti terrorism legislation Terrorism insurance …

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  • 30biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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