| 单词 | conscience clause |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconscience clause conscience clause n. a clause in an act or law providing exemptions on the grounds of conscience or belief. ΘΚΠ society > law > written law > [noun] > clause > types of clause amendment1581 sanction1651 tack1705 money clause1844 conscience clause1859 interpretation clause1897 joker1904 1859 Act 22 & 23 Vict. c. 102 Sched. Conscience Clause. No Boy shall be required to learn [..for example, the Catechism, Articles, or Liturgy of the Church of England,] or to attend the Celebration of Divine Worship. 1888 Spectator 30 June 875 So long as the conscience clause is strictly enforced, and all parents are allowed to withdraw their children from the moral and religious education given if they disapprove it. 1916 M. Miles Out-and-Outer 5 To the unprejudiced observer it might well seem that a man who took such an uncompromisingly hostile view of War was the very kind of person for whom the conscience clause was designed. But no. He is of the one class of Conscientious Objector who is to-day regarded and treated as a criminal. 1962 New Scientist 22 Feb. 458/3 The law pertaining to [smallpox] vaccination has not always contained a conscience clause. That was introduced by the Act of 1898. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Apr. iv. 12/1 An organization of antiabortion pharmacists is pushing for professional associations and state legislatures to adopt ‘conscience clauses’ recognizing the pharmacist's right to refuse to dispense a drug or even refer the customer to a pharmacist who will. < as lemmas |
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