单词	civil death
释义	civil death noun : the status of a living person equivalent in its legal consequences to natural death specifically : deprivation of civil rights Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg wrote the dissenting opinion, saying changing the civil death law should be up to the state legislature, not the court. Mark Pratt, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022 The practice of banning people from certain rights or activities because of a criminal conviction was once known as civil death. NBC News, 20 May 2021 British settlers brought the idea of civil death with them to the New World, and the first laws stripping criminals of voting rights appeared in the 1600s. Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 4 June 2020 Most civil death laws in the United States have been repealed or successfully challenged in court. USA TODAY, 4 July 2019 The concept dates to the colonial era, when certain criminals were shunned and stripped of rights, a practice known as civil death. New York Times, 11 May 2018 Most civil death laws in the United States have been repealed or successfully challenged in court. USA TODAY, 4 July 2019 The concept dates to the colonial era, when certain criminals were shunned and stripped of rights, a practice known as civil death. New York Times, 11 May 2018 See More Word History First Known Use 1719, in the meaning defined above Legal Definition civil death noun : the status of a living person equivalent in its legal consequences to natural death specifically : deprivation of certain civil rights upon conviction for a serious crime
随便看	beyond expectations beyond help beyond hope beyond measure beyond number beyond one's comprehension beyond one's control beyond one's depth beyond one's wildest dreams beyond one's wildest dreams/fantasies beyond one's wildest fantasies beyond price beyond question beyond recall beyond recognition beyond redemption beyond repair beyond reproach beyond retrieval beyond someone's grasp beyond someone's ken beyond someone's reach beyond suspicion beyond the bounds of possibility beyond the call of duty

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