attainder
civil death | cancellation of civil rights |
campaign hunting expedition
safari | an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) |
tort
civil wrong | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
campaign cause crusade
drive movement effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end, he supported populist campaigns, they worked in the cause of world peace, the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant, the movement to end slavery, contributed to the war effort |
advertising campaign
ad campaign
ad blitz | an organized program of advertisements |
| charm campaign | a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support |
campaigning
candidacy
candidature
electioneering
political campaign | the campaign of a candidate to be elected |
front-porch campaigning
front-porch campaign | a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel, William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in , her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign |
fundaising campaign
fundaising drive
fundaising effort | a campaign to raise money for some cause |
| whispering campaign | the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate |
| sales campaign | an advertising campaign intended to promote sales |
| publicelations campaign | an advertising campaign intended to improve public relations |
| civil censorship | military censorship of civilian communications (correspondence or printed matter of films) entering or leaving of circulating within territories controlled by armed forces |
| civil defense | activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster |
| civil war | a war between factions in the same country |
campaign
military campaign | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
| naval campaign | an operation conducted primarily by naval forces in order to gain or extend or maintain control of the sea |
| civil marriage | a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman |
accordance
accordance of rights | the act of granting rights, the accordance to Canada of rights of access |
| civil disobedience | a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination), Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience |
| civil contempt | a failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else |
| civil suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant |
| civil action | legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) |
Dardanelles
Dardanelles campaign | the unsuccessful campaign in World War I () by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia, defeated by the Turks |
Okinawa
Okinawa campaign | a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June ), in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese, considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans |
Petersburg
Petersburg Campaign | the final campaign of the American Civil War (-), Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee |
| Wilderness Campaign | American Civil War, a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign () against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses |
American Civil War
United States Civil War
War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South, - |
| English Civil War | civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I, - |
| Spanish Civil War | civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government, during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries, - |
| campaign hat | a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown, formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel |
| civil right | right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the th and th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality |
| civil liberty | fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference |
| states' rights | the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution |
| civil engineering | the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges |
| states' rights | a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states |
Roman law
Justinian code
civil law jus civile | the legal code of ancient Rome, codified under Justinian, the basis for many modern systems of civil law |
| Bill of Rights | a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) |
rights offering
rights issue | an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later, the investment banker who handles a rights offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders |
political campaign
campaign
run | a race between candidates for elective office, I managed his campaign for governor, he is raising money for a Senate run |
governor's race
campaign for governor | a race for election to the governorship |
senate campaign
senate race | a race for election to the senate |
States' Rights Democratic Party
Dixiecrats | a former political party in the United States, formed in by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman |
| Commission on Human Rights | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with human rights |
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO | the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation |
| civil service | government workers, usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations |
| civil law | the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation |
| Civil Rights movement | movement in the United States beginning in the s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens |
civic leader
civil leader | a leader in municipal affairs |
| civil engineer | an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.) |