cruel+treatment

  • 11Treatment Advocacy Center — The Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) is a United States nonprofit organization founded in 1998 by schizophrenia researcher E. Fuller Torrey and was originally part of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). TAC s focus is on promoting laws …

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  • 12cruel — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …

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  • 13cruel and inhuman treatment — A ground for divorce. See cruelty; inhuman treatment …

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  • 14treatment — The manner in which a person or a thing is treated. The behaviour of one spouse toward the other spouse. Robinson v Robinson, 66 NH 600, 23 A 362. See cruel and inhuman treatment …

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  • 15ill-treatment — N UNCOUNT Ill treatment is harsh or cruel treatment. In spite of our worldwide campaign, ill treatment of animals remains commonplace... The victims had either died as a result of their ill treatment or had been left crippled. Syn: abuse …

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  • 16ill treatment — ill treatment, or ill treat|ment «IHL TREET muhnt», noun. bad or cruel treatment; harm; abuse: »... an assurance by Mr. Sandys that he could find nothing to support allegations of torture or any sort of ill treatment (Norman Shrapnel). SYNONYM(S) …

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  • 17cruel and inhuman treatment — As ground for divorce, consists of unwarranted and unjustifiable conduct on part of defendant causing other spouse to endure suffering and distress, thereby destroying peace of mind and making living with such spouse unbearable, completely… …

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  • 18cruel and inhuman treatment — As ground for divorce, consists of unwarranted and unjustifiable conduct on part of defendant causing other spouse to endure suffering and distress, thereby destroying peace of mind and making living with such spouse unbearable, completely… …

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  • 19Detainee Treatment Act — The Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (DTA) is an Act of the United States Congress that prohibits inhumane treatment of prisoners, including prisoners at Guantanamo Bay; requires military interrogations to be performed according to the U.S. Army… …

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  • 20Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment — Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Type Human rights convention Drafted 18 December 2002[1] Signed 18 December 2002 …

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