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  2. Chose - Wikipedia

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    Chose (pronounced: / ʃ oʊ z /, French for "thing") is a term used in common law tradition to refer to rights in property, specifically a combined bundle of rights. [1] A chose is the enforcement right which a party possesses in an object. The use of chose extends from the English use of French within the courts. [2]

  3. Freedom of association - Wikipedia

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    However, (e.g. the U.S. Constitution, human rights instruments, etc.) the right to freedom of association may include the right to freedom of assembly. The courts and delegated officers of local jurisdictions may impose restrictions on any of the rights of a convicted criminal as a condition of a legal stipulation.

  4. Party - Wikipedia

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    A birthday cake with lit novelty candles Children at a birthday party. A birthday party is a celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the person who is being honored. While there is historical precedent for birthday parties for the rich and powerful throughout history, the tradition extended to middle-class Americans around the nineteenth century and took on more modern norms and ...

  5. Civil and political rights - Wikipedia

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    Political rights include natural justice (procedural fairness) in law, such as the rights of the accused, including the right to a fair trial; due process; the right to seek redress or a legal remedy; and rights of participation in civil society and politics such as freedom of association, the right to assemble, the right to petition, the right ...

  6. First Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The right of assembly is the individual right of people to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue, and defend their collective or shared ideas. [360] This right is equally important as those of free speech and free press, because, as observed by the Supreme Court of the United States in De Jonge v.

  7. Freedom of speech in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This includes the right to publicly criticize the government and its leaders, potentially in very harsh or offensive terms. Core political speech is the most highly guarded form of speech because of its importance to a functional republic. In Buckley v. Valeo, for instance, the Supreme Court wrote:

  8. Public law - Wikipedia

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    Further, they have laws concerning the relation that all citizens have with one another, and this is the civil right." [20] Criticisms of interest theory include the difficulty in establishing a clear distinction between private and public interest if such a distinction does exist, and categorizing laws accordingly.

  9. United States Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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    The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the ...