The meaning "unrestrained action, conduct, or expression" (1550s) led to take liberties "go beyond the bounds of propriety" (1620s). The sense of "privileges by grant" (14c.) led to the sense of "a person's private land" (mid-15c.), within which certain special privileges may be ...
The latter term “acknowledges the legitimacy of freedom outside [the scope of] the constitution, namely: to citizens, anything not forbidden by the constitution is permitted.” This argument was made by Mo Jihong while discussing the limitations on state power and individual liberties, which in ...
(take liberties with) The editor is not entitled to take liberties with the text of a literary work. 3.我在十几岁时开始喜欢上了文学。(take to) I began to take to literature in my teens. 4.把卧室改成了书房。(convert) The bedroom has been converted into a study. 5.这个错误困扰了他...
Mr Stapleton said at the time: 'The Mosquito device is about restoring human rights and civil liberties to people who would like the freedom to shop or sell produce without having to run the gauntlet past gangs of youths with threatening behaviour.' 'Mosquito' inventor set to be honoured Not...
take it easy weevil i take it if like it take it like a man take it out on sb take it seriously unn take junichiro take liberties with take marriage take me homecountry take me out to the ba take me to you take me im alive take measures take measures to do s take mercy on take...
In 2005, Congress reauthorized the Patriot Act, making permanent many of the provisions which were set to expire, and adding safeguards to some provisions to prevent violations of civil liberties. In 2010, provisions of the Act that were set to expire were extended to 2011, and again in ...
I’ve always been against the insistent, well-meaning cleanup brigade that convenes in the kitchen before anybody has even digested…When I invite you over, I mean it. I mean: Sit down. I will take care of you. I will buy the food and get the drinks and set the table and do the...
Our official national motto is "In God We Trust," meaning our Liberty is Under God. "Trust and obey." But today "Liberty Under God" is seen as a threat to the government's "war on terrorism." Perhaps it doesn't take a Ph.D., but it does take more than you got in your public...
and seconds. The time kept by a municipality is known as civic time. A local government may not use a system of time different from that adopted by its state legislature. During daylight saving time, the customary time system is advanced one hour to take advantage of the longer periods of...
Exercising the rights and liberties under the provisions of this Clause shall be deemed due fulfillment by the Carrier of the contract and if in connection with the exercise of any liberty under this Clause any extra expenses are incurred, they shall be paid by the Merchant in addition to the...