The Void for Vagueness Doctrine is a cornerstone of American constitutional law, ensuring that laws are written with sufficient clarity and precision. This doctrine, rooted in the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, mandates that laws must provide fair notice of what conduct is prohibited and must not permit arbitrary enforcement. This…
People tend to throw out terms without looking them up because they heard them from others, and they sound good or right. Let’s look at the phrase All Rights Reserved. People believe it is how you tell people that you reserve your inalienable rights and/or civil rights. There is something you should know first. You…
Words do matter. There is not a phrase actually called “accepted for value”. There is Accepted and there is Value. Because, I do understand the principle behind it though I can engage in the discussion. The actual phrase that is better is this, “accord and satisfaction”. Why you may ask. Because, this phrase actually exists….
To understand or comprehend this word you need to see how it came to be. Unalienable is the joining of two words; 1610s, from un- (1) “not” + alienable. Related: Unalienably. Let’s Look at alienable (adj.) “that can be surrendered or given up,” 1610s; from obsolete alien (v.), for which see alienate, + -able. Related: Alienability. Now let’s look at Un-; (1.) prefix of negation,…
Right (n) Etymology: Old English riht (West Saxon, Kentish), reht (Anglian), “that which is morally right, duty, obligation,” also “rule of conduct; law of a land;” also “what someone deserves; a just claim, what is due, equitable treatment;” also “correctness, truth;” also “a legal entitlement (to possession of property, etc.), a privilege,” from Proto-Germanic *rehtan…
