| slovo | definícia |
liberty
(mass) | liberty
- drzosť, sloboda, voľnosť, drzosť |
liberty
(encz) | liberty,drzost Zdeněk Brož |
liberty
(encz) | liberty,nepřístojné chování Zdeněk Brož |
liberty
(encz) | liberty,opovážlivost Zdeněk Brož |
liberty
(encz) | liberty,svoboda n: Zdeněk Brož |
liberty
(encz) | liberty,volnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Liberty
(gcide) | Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
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But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
16.
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Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
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2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
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Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
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3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
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4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
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His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
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5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
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Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
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6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
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7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
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He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
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8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
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The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
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This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
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9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
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10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
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At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
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Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
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liberty
(wn) | liberty
n 1: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political
independence [syn: autonomy, liberty]
2: freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of
worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do
just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever
occupation one wishes"
3: personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
4: leave granted to a sailor or naval officer [syn: {shore
leave}, liberty]
5: an act of undue intimacy [syn: familiarity, impropriety,
indecorum, liberty] |
liberty
(devil) | LIBERTY, n. One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
The rising People, hot and out of breath,
Roared around the palace: "Liberty or death!"
"If death will do," the King said, "let me reign;
You'll have, I'm sure, no reason to complain."
Martha Braymance
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LIBERTY
(bouvier) | LIBERTY. Freedom from restraint. The power of acting as one thinks fit,
without any restraint or control, except from the laws of nature.
2. Liberty is divided into civil, natural, personal, and political.
3. Civil liberty is the power to do whatever is permitted by the
constitution of the state and the laws of the land. It is no other than
natural liberty, so far restrained by human laws, and no further, operating
equally upon all the citizens, as is necessary and expedient for the general
advantage of the public. 1 Black. Com. 125; Paley's Mor. Phil. B. 6, c.5;
Swifts Syst. 12
4. That system of laws is alone calculated to maintain civil liberty,
which leaves the citizen entirely master of his own conduct, except in those
points in which the public good requires some direction and restraint. When a
man is restrained in his natural liberty by no municipal laws but those
which are requisite to prevent his violating the natural law, and to promote
the greatest moral and physical welfare of the community, he is legally
possessed of the fullest enjoyment of his civil rights of individual
liberty. But it must not be inferred that individuals are to judge for
themselves how far the law may justifiably restrict their individual
liberty; for it is necessary to the welfare of the commonwealth, that the
law should be obeyed; and thence is derived the legal maxim, that no man may
be wiser than the law.
5. Natural liberty is the right which nature gives to all mankind, of
disposing of their persons and property after the manner they judge most
consonant to their happiness, on condition of their acting within the limits
of the law of nature, and that they do not in any way abuse it to the
prejudice of other men. Burlamaqui, c. 3, s. 15; 1 Bl. Com. 125.
6. Personal liberty is the independence of our actions of all other
will than our own. Wolff, Ins. Nat. Sec. 77. It consists in the power of
locomotion, of changing situation, or removing one's person to whatever
place one's inclination may direct, without imprisonment or restraint,
unless by due course of law. 1 Bl. Com. 134.
7. Political liberty may be defined to be, the security by which, from
the constitution, form and nature of the established government, the
citizens enjoy civil liberty. No ideas or definitions are more
distinguishable than those of civil and political liberty, yet they are
generally confounded. 1 Bl. Com. 6, 125. The political liberty of a state is
based upon those fundamental laws which establish the distribution of
legislative and executive powers. The political liberty of a citizen is that
tranquillity of mind, which is the effect of an opinion that he is in
perfect security; and to insure this security, the government must be such
that one citizen shall not fear another.
8. In the English law, by liberty is meant a privilege held by grant or
prescription, by which some men enjoy greater benefits than ordinary
subjects. A liberty is also a territory, with some extraordinary privilege.
9. By liberty or liberties, is understood a part of a town or city, as
the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia. The same as Fanbourg.
(q.v.)
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
liberty
(mass) | liberty
- drzosť, sloboda, voľnosť, drzosť |
at liberty
(encz) | at liberty,být na svobodě Pavel Cvrček |
civil liberty
(encz) | civil liberty,občanská svoboda |
liberty
(encz) | liberty,drzost Zdeněk Brožliberty,nepřístojné chování Zdeněk Brožliberty,opovážlivost Zdeněk Brožliberty,svoboda n: Zdeněk Brožliberty,volnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
liberty bell
(encz) | Liberty Bell, |
liberty cap
(encz) | liberty cap, n: |
liberty chit
(encz) | liberty chit, n: |
liberty ship
(encz) | Liberty ship, |
political liberty
(encz) | political liberty, n: |
right to liberty
(encz) | right to liberty, n: |
statue of liberty
(encz) | Statue of Liberty,Socha svobody |
take the liberty of doing something
(encz) | take the liberty of doing something,dovolit si něco
udělat [fráz.] slušné oznámení o tom, co si mluvčí dovolil udělat bez
dovolení Pino |
At liberty
(gcide) | Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
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But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
16.
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Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
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2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
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Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
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3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
[1913 Webster]
His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
[1913 Webster]
5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
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Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
[1913 Webster]
7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
[1913 Webster]
He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
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8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
[1913 Webster]
The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
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9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
[1913 Webster]
At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
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Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
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cap of liberty
(gcide) | Phrygian cap \Phryg"i*an cap`\
A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by
Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been
adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or {cap
of liberty}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Cap \Cap\ (k[a^]p), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape,
hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as
Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: "Capa, quia quasi
totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum." See 3d Cape,
and cf. 1st Cope.]
1. A covering for the head; esp.
(a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men
and boys;
(b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;
(c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office,
or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
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2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
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Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak.
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3. A respectful uncovering of the head.
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He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.
--Fuller.
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4. (Zool.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base
of the bill to the nape of the neck.
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5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:
(a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as,
the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping,
cornice, lintel, or plate.
(b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for
protection or ornament.
(c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining
spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and
the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the
end of a rope.
(d) A percussion cap. See under Percussion.
(e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box.
(f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex
surface.
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6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap;
legal cap.
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Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep
the priming dry; -- now called an apron.
Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively.
Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty.
Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings
of England at the coronation. It is also carried before
the mayors of some cities.
Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the
death of the fox.
Cap paper.
(a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap,
and legal cap.
(b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold
commodities.
Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore,
generally of barren vein material.
Flat cap, cap See Foolscap.
Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer
of soldier.
Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use
of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at
the top or "narrow edge."
To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer.
To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with
a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
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Cap of liberty
(gcide) | Phrygian cap \Phryg"i*an cap`\
A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by
Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been
adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or {cap
of liberty}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Cap \Cap\ (k[a^]p), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape,
hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as
Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: "Capa, quia quasi
totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum." See 3d Cape,
and cf. 1st Cope.]
1. A covering for the head; esp.
(a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men
and boys;
(b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;
(c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office,
or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
[1913 Webster]
2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
[1913 Webster]
Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A respectful uncovering of the head.
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He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.
--Fuller.
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4. (Zool.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base
of the bill to the nape of the neck.
[1913 Webster]
5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:
(a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as,
the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping,
cornice, lintel, or plate.
(b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for
protection or ornament.
(c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining
spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and
the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the
end of a rope.
(d) A percussion cap. See under Percussion.
(e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box.
(f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex
surface.
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6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap;
legal cap.
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Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep
the priming dry; -- now called an apron.
Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively.
Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty.
Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings
of England at the coronation. It is also carried before
the mayors of some cities.
Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the
death of the fox.
Cap paper.
(a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap,
and legal cap.
(b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold
commodities.
Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore,
generally of barren vein material.
Flat cap, cap See Foolscap.
Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer
of soldier.
Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use
of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at
the top or "narrow edge."
To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer.
To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with
a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
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Civil liberty
(gcide) | Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
[1913 Webster]
But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
16.
[1913 Webster]
Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
[1913 Webster]
2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
[1913 Webster]
Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
[1913 Webster]
His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
[1913 Webster]
5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
[1913 Webster]
7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
[1913 Webster]
He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
[1913 Webster]
The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
[1913 Webster]
At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
[1913 Webster] |
Liberty bell
(gcide) | Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
[1913 Webster]
But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
16.
[1913 Webster]
Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
[1913 Webster]
2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
[1913 Webster]
Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
[1913 Webster]
His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
[1913 Webster]
5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
[1913 Webster]
7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
[1913 Webster]
He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
[1913 Webster]
The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
[1913 Webster]
At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
[1913 Webster] |
liberty cap
(gcide) | Phrygian cap \Phryg"i*an cap`\
A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by
Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been
adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or {cap
of liberty}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
[1913 Webster]
But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
16.
[1913 Webster]
Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
[1913 Webster]
2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
[1913 Webster]
Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
[1913 Webster]
His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
[1913 Webster]
5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
[1913 Webster]
7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
[1913 Webster]
He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
[1913 Webster]
The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
[1913 Webster]
At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
[1913 Webster] |
Liberty cap
(gcide) | Phrygian cap \Phryg"i*an cap`\
A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by
Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been
adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or {cap
of liberty}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
[1913 Webster]
But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
16.
[1913 Webster]
Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
[1913 Webster]
2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
[1913 Webster]
Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
[1913 Webster]
His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
[1913 Webster]
5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
[1913 Webster]
7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
[1913 Webster]
He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
[1913 Webster]
The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
[1913 Webster]
At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
[1913 Webster] |
Liberty of the press
(gcide) | Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
[1913 Webster]
But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
16.
[1913 Webster]
Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
[1913 Webster]
2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
[1913 Webster]
Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
[1913 Webster]
His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
[1913 Webster]
5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
[1913 Webster]
7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
[1913 Webster]
He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
[1913 Webster]
The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
[1913 Webster]
At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
[1913 Webster]Press \Press\, n. [F. presse. See 4th Press.]
1. An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is
pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an
impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or
building containing a press or presses.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Presses are differently constructed for various
purposes in the arts, their specific uses being
commonly designated; as, a cotton press, a wine press,
a cider press, a copying press, etc. See Drill press.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifically, a printing press.
[1913 Webster]
3. The art or business of printing and publishing; hence,
printed publications, taken collectively, more especially
newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them;
as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a
curse.
[1913 Webster]
4. An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of
articles; as, a clothes press. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. The act of pressing or thronging forward.
[1913 Webster]
In their throng and press to that last hold. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
6. Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a
press of engagements.
[1913 Webster]
7. A multitude of individuals crowded together; ? crowd of
single things; a throng.
[1913 Webster]
They could not come nigh unto him for the press.
--Mark ii. 4.
[1913 Webster]
Cylinder press, a printing press in which the impression is
produced by a revolving cylinder under which the form
passes; also, one in which the form of type or plates is
curved around a cylinder, instead of resting on a flat
bed.
Hydrostatic press. See under Hydrostatic.
Liberty of the press, the free right of publishing books,
pamphlets, or papers, without previous restraint or
censorship, subject only to punishment for libelous,
seditious, or morally pernicious matters.
Press bed, a bed that may be folded, and inclosed, in a
press or closet. --Boswell.
Press of sail, (Naut.), as much sail as the state of the
wind will permit.
[1913 Webster] |
Liberty of the yard
(gcide) | Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries.
garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden,
G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r
yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house,
garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure.
Cf. Court, Garden, Garth, Horticulture, Orchard.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of,
or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a
barnyard.
[1913 Webster]
A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks
In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried
on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
[1913 Webster]
Liberty of the yard, a liberty, granted to persons
imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any
other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not
to go beyond those limits.
Prison yard, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to
it.
Yard grass (Bot.), a low-growing grass (Eleusine Indica)
having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and
like places, especially in the Southern United States.
Called also crab grass.
Yard of land. See Yardland.
[1913 Webster] |
Liberty party
(gcide) | Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
[1913 Webster]
But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
16.
[1913 Webster]
Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
[1913 Webster]
2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
[1913 Webster]
Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
[1913 Webster]
His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
[1913 Webster]
5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
[1913 Webster]
7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
[1913 Webster]
He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
[1913 Webster]
The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
[1913 Webster]
At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
[1913 Webster] |
Liberty pole
(gcide) | Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
[1913 Webster]
But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
16.
[1913 Webster]
Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
[1913 Webster]
2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
[1913 Webster]
Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
[1913 Webster]
His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
[1913 Webster]
5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
[1913 Webster]
7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
[1913 Webster]
He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
[1913 Webster]
The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
[1913 Webster]
At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
[1913 Webster] |
Moral liberty
(gcide) | Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
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But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
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Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
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2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
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Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
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3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
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4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
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His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
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5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
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Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
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6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
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7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
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He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
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8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
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The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
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This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
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9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
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10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
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At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
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Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
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Religious liberty
(gcide) | Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties
(-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr.
liber free. See Liberal.]
1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to
the will of another claiming ownership of the person or
services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom,
bondage, or subjection.
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But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every
man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their
pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection. --Jer. xxxiv.
16.
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Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the
glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551.
Rom. viii. 21.
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2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon
locomotion.
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Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak.
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3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission
granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or
to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
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4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by
prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the
commercial cities of Europe.
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His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much
less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties.
--Sir J.
Davies.
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5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or
jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.]
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Brought forth into some public or open place within
the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned.
--Fuller.
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6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely
within certain limits; also, the place or limits within
which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a
prison.
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7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of
etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
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He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who
had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay.
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8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from
compulsion or constraint in willing.
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The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any
agent to do or forbear any particular action,
according to the determination or thought of the
mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the
other. --Locke.
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This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead
to lawlessness. --J. A.
Symonds.
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9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the
tongue of the horse.
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10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
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At liberty.
(a) Unconfined; free.
(b) At leisure.
Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with
person, opinion, or property, on the part of the
government under which one lives, and freedom to take part
in modifying that government or its laws.
Liberty bell. See under Bell.
Liberty cap.
(a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his
manumission.
(b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of
representations of the goddess of liberty is often
decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a
liberty pole.
Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without
official supervision.
Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which
favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a
party which favored the emancipation of the slaves.
Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often
surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.]
Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to
moral responsibility.
Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and
worship.
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Syn: Leave; permission; license.
Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often
interchanged, are distinct in some of their
applications. Liberty has reference to previous
restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed
exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his
master had always been in a state of freedom. A
prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from
restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the
spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The
liberty of the press is our great security for freedom
of thought.
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The Liberty Bell
(gcide) | Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See Bellow.]
1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a
cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,
and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
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Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best
have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
tin.
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The Liberty Bell, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State
House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared
the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had
been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words "Proclaim
liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
thereof."
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2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
ball which causes it to sound when moved.
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3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
flower. "In a cowslip's bell I lie." --Shak.
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4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included
between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the
naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist
within the leafage of a capital.
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5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;
or the time so designated.
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Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after
it has struck "eight bells" it is struck once, and at
every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is
increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
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To bear away the bell, to win the prize at a race where the
prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
--Fuller.
To bear the bell, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
team or drove, when wearing a bell.
To curse by bell, book, and candle, a solemn form of
excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the
bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
being used, and three candles being extinguished with
certain ceremonies. --Nares.
To lose the bell, to be worsted in a contest. "In single
fight he lost the bell." --Fairfax.
To shake the bells, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.
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Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
self-explaining.
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Bell arch (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the
curve of an ogee.
Bell cage, or Bell carriage (Arch.), a timber frame
constructed to carry one or more large bells.
Bell cot (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,
frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
used to contain and support one or more bells.
Bell deck (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
roof to the rooms below.
Bell founder, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
bells.
Bell foundry, or Bell foundery, a place where bells are
founded or cast.
Bell gable (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,
pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
bells.
Bell glass. See Bell jar.
Bell hanger, a man who hangs or puts up bells.
Bell pull, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
--Aytoun.
Bell punch, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
when used.
Bell ringer, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
musical bells for public entertainment.
Bell roof (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general
lines of a bell.
Bell rope, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
Bell tent, a circular conical-topped tent.
Bell trap, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
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basque fatherland and liberty
(wn) | Basque Fatherland and Liberty
n 1: a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student
activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate
nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create
an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees; "in
1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of
government officials" [syn: Basque Homeland and Freedom,
Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna,
ETA] |
civil liberty
(wn) | civil liberty
n 1: one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under
the laws of the country [syn: civil liberty, {political
liberty}]
2: fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed
as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference |
liberty
(wn) | liberty
n 1: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political
independence [syn: autonomy, liberty]
2: freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of
worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do
just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever
occupation one wishes"
3: personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
4: leave granted to a sailor or naval officer [syn: {shore
leave}, liberty]
5: an act of undue intimacy [syn: familiarity, impropriety,
indecorum, liberty] |
liberty bell
(wn) | Liberty Bell
n 1: the bell of Independence Hall; rung 8 July 1776 to announce
the signing of the Declaration of Independence |
liberty cap
(wn) | liberty cap
n 1: close-fitting conical cap worn as a symbol of liberty
during the French Revolution and in the U.S. before 1800 |
liberty chit
(wn) | liberty chit
n 1: a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had
to show his pass in order to get out" [syn: pass,
liberty chit] |
liberty island
(wn) | Liberty Island
n 1: an island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan
where the Statue of Liberty stands; "Congress officially
changed the name from Bedloe's Island to Liberty Island in
1956" [syn: Liberty Island, Bedloe's Island] |
liberty party
(wn) | Liberty Party
n 1: a former political party in the United States; formed in
1839 to oppose the practice of slavery; merged with the
Free Soil Party in 1848 |
liberty ship
(wn) | Liberty ship
n 1: a slow cargo ship built during World War II |
political liberty
(wn) | political liberty
n 1: one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under
the laws of the country [syn: civil liberty, {political
liberty}] |
right to liberty
(wn) | right to liberty
n 1: the right to be free |
statue of liberty
(wn) | Statue of Liberty
n 1: a large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty
Island in New York Bay |
liberty
(devil) | LIBERTY, n. One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
The rising People, hot and out of breath,
Roared around the palace: "Liberty or death!"
"If death will do," the King said, "let me reign;
You'll have, I'm sure, no reason to complain."
Martha Braymance
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LIBERTY
(bouvier) | LIBERTY. Freedom from restraint. The power of acting as one thinks fit,
without any restraint or control, except from the laws of nature.
2. Liberty is divided into civil, natural, personal, and political.
3. Civil liberty is the power to do whatever is permitted by the
constitution of the state and the laws of the land. It is no other than
natural liberty, so far restrained by human laws, and no further, operating
equally upon all the citizens, as is necessary and expedient for the general
advantage of the public. 1 Black. Com. 125; Paley's Mor. Phil. B. 6, c.5;
Swifts Syst. 12
4. That system of laws is alone calculated to maintain civil liberty,
which leaves the citizen entirely master of his own conduct, except in those
points in which the public good requires some direction and restraint. When a
man is restrained in his natural liberty by no municipal laws but those
which are requisite to prevent his violating the natural law, and to promote
the greatest moral and physical welfare of the community, he is legally
possessed of the fullest enjoyment of his civil rights of individual
liberty. But it must not be inferred that individuals are to judge for
themselves how far the law may justifiably restrict their individual
liberty; for it is necessary to the welfare of the commonwealth, that the
law should be obeyed; and thence is derived the legal maxim, that no man may
be wiser than the law.
5. Natural liberty is the right which nature gives to all mankind, of
disposing of their persons and property after the manner they judge most
consonant to their happiness, on condition of their acting within the limits
of the law of nature, and that they do not in any way abuse it to the
prejudice of other men. Burlamaqui, c. 3, s. 15; 1 Bl. Com. 125.
6. Personal liberty is the independence of our actions of all other
will than our own. Wolff, Ins. Nat. Sec. 77. It consists in the power of
locomotion, of changing situation, or removing one's person to whatever
place one's inclination may direct, without imprisonment or restraint,
unless by due course of law. 1 Bl. Com. 134.
7. Political liberty may be defined to be, the security by which, from
the constitution, form and nature of the established government, the
citizens enjoy civil liberty. No ideas or definitions are more
distinguishable than those of civil and political liberty, yet they are
generally confounded. 1 Bl. Com. 6, 125. The political liberty of a state is
based upon those fundamental laws which establish the distribution of
legislative and executive powers. The political liberty of a citizen is that
tranquillity of mind, which is the effect of an opinion that he is in
perfect security; and to insure this security, the government must be such
that one citizen shall not fear another.
8. In the English law, by liberty is meant a privilege held by grant or
prescription, by which some men enjoy greater benefits than ordinary
subjects. A liberty is also a territory, with some extraordinary privilege.
9. By liberty or liberties, is understood a part of a town or city, as
the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia. The same as Fanbourg.
(q.v.)
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LIBERTY OF SPEEC
(bouvier) | LIBERTY OF SPEECH. The right given by the constitution and the laws to
public support in speaking facts or opinions.
2. In a republican government like ours, liberty of speech cannot be
extended too far, when its object is the public good. It is, therefore,
wisely provided by the constitution of the United States, that members of
congress shall not be called to account for anything said in debate; and
similar provisions are contained in the constitutions of the several states
in relation to the members of their respective legislatures. This right,
however, does not extend beyond the mere speaking; for if a member of
congress were to reduce his speech to writing and cause it to be printed, it
would no longer bear a privileged character and he might be held responsible
for a libel, as any other individual. Bac. Ab. Libel, B.* See Debate.
3. The greatest latitude is allowed by the common law to counsel; in
the discharge of his professional duty he may use strong epithets, however
derogatory to other persons they may be, if pertinent to the cause, and
stated in his instructions, whether the thing were true or false. But if he
were maliciously to travel out of his case for the purpose of slandering
another, he would be liable to an action, and amenable to a just and often
more efficacious punishment inflicted by public opinion. 3 Chit. Pr. 887. No
respectable counsel will indulge himself with unjust severity; and it is
doubtless the duty of the court to prevent any such abuse.
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LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
(bouvier) | LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. The right to print and publish the truth, from good
motives, and for justifiable ends. 3 Johns. Cas. 394.
2. This right is secured by the constitution of the United States.
Amendments, art. 1. The abuse of the right is punished criminally, by
indictment; civilly, by action. Vide Judge Cooper's Treatise on the Law of
Libel, and the Liberty of the Press, passim; and article Libel.
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PERSONAL LIBERTY
(bouvier) | PERSONAL LIBERTY. Vide Liberty.
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