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  2. Daughters of Liberty - Wikipedia

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    This suggestion earned her the nickname, "Mother of the Tea Party." She was an active member of the Daughters of Liberty throughout the Revolution, and in later years, she helped to coordinate volunteer nurses to assist with the Battle of Bunker Hill. [6] Sarah Franklin Bache was a Daughter of Liberty and the daughter of diplomat Benjamin ...

  3. Possession is nine-tenths of the law - Wikipedia

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    In the context of property law it can be restated as: "In a property dispute (whether real or personal), in the absence of clear and compelling testimony or documentation to the contrary, the person in actual, custodial possession of the property is presumed to be the rightful owner. The rightful owner shall have their possession returned to ...

  4. Natural rights and legal rights - Wikipedia

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    A. Hart argued that if there are any rights at all, there must be the right to liberty, for all the others would depend upon this. T. H. Green argued that "if there are such things as rights at all, then, there must be a right to life and liberty, or, to put it more properly to free life." [14] John Locke emphasized "life, liberty and property ...

  5. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act ...

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    Senior citizen means an Indian who attained the age of 60 years or above [9] Relative means any legal heir of childless senior citizen who is not a minor and is in possession of or would inherit his\her property after his\her death [10] Welfare means provision for food, healthcare, recreation centers and other amenities necessary for senior ...

  6. Women's rights - Wikipedia

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    Landed property descended in the female line from mother to daughter, and women were entitled to administer their own property. Women in ancient Egypt could buy, sell, be a partner in legal contracts , be executors in wills and witnesses to legal documents, bring court action, and adopt children.

  7. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita - Wikipedia

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    Offences against property: The BNS retains the provisions of the IPC on theft, robbery, burglary and cheating. It adds new offences such as cybercrime and financial fraud. Offences against the state: The BNS removes sedition as an offence. Instead, there is a new offence for acts endangering India's sovereignty, unity and integrity.

  8. Two Concepts of Liberty - Wikipedia

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    Berlin initially defined negative liberty as "freedom from", that is, the absence of constraints on the agent imposed by other people. He defined positive liberty both as "freedom to", that is, the ability (not just the opportunity) to pursue and achieve willed goals; and also as autonomy or self-rule, as opposed to dependence on others. [5]

  9. English personal property law - Wikipedia

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    The division of property into real and personal represents the division into immovable and movable incidentally recognized in Roman law and generally adopted since. "Things personal", according to Blackstone, "are goods, money, and all other movables which may attend the owner's person wherever he thinks proper to go" (Comm. ii. 16).