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We increasingly live in societies based on the vocabulary of 'choice' and a denial of reality - a denial of massive inequality, social disparities, the irresponsible concentration of power in relatively few hands, and a growing machinery of social and civil death.
Henry Giroux

Meaning of "civil death" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CIVIL DEATH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIVIL DEATH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Civil death is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CIVIL DEATH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Civil death

Civil death is a term that refers to the loss of all or almost all civil rights by a person due to a conviction for a felony or due to an act by the government of a country that results in the loss of civil rights. It is usually inflicted on persons convicted of crimes against the state or adults determined by a court to be legally incompetent because of mental disability. In medieval Europe, felons lost all civil rights upon their conviction. This civil death often led to actual death, since anyone could kill and injure a felon with impunity. In the old German Empire, a person declared civilly dead was called "vogelfrei" and could even be killed since they were completely outside the law. Historically outlawry, that is, declaring a person as an outlaw, was a common form of civil death. In the US, the disenfranchisement of felons has been called a form of civil death, as has being subjected to collateral consequences in general.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIVIL DEATH

civil
Civil Aviation Authority
civil day
civil defence
civil disobedience
civil engineer
civil engineering
civil law
civil liberty
civil list
civil marriage
civil partnership
civil rights
civil servant
civil service
Civil Service Commission
civil society
civil twilight
civil war
civil year

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIVIL DEATH

a matter of life and death
accidental death
brain death
breath
death
flog to death
in at the death
kiss of death
life-and-death
life-or-death
like grim death
living death
maternal death
megadeath
programmed cell death
put to death
scared to death
sudden cardiac death
sudden death
to death
wall of death

Synonyms and antonyms of civil death in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «civil death» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CIVIL DEATH

Find out the translation of civil death to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of civil death from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «civil death» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公民死亡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

muerte civil
570 millions of speakers

English

civil death
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सिविल मौत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموت المدني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гражданская смерть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

morte civil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাগরিক মৃত্যু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mort civile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kematian sivil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zivil Tod
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

民事死
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시민 사망
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pati sipil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chết dân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிவில் மரணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नागरी मृत्यू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sivil ölüm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

morte civile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śmierć cywilna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

громадянська смерть
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moarte civilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αστικές θάνατο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

burgerlike dood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

civila död
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sivil død
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of civil death

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIVIL DEATH»

The term «civil death» is used very little and occupies the 153.149 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIVIL DEATH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about civil death

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QUOTES WITH «CIVIL DEATH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word civil death.
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Henry Giroux
We increasingly live in societies based on the vocabulary of 'choice' and a denial of reality - a denial of massive inequality, social disparities, the irresponsible concentration of power in relatively few hands, and a growing machinery of social and civil death.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIVIL DEATH»

Discover the use of civil death in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to civil death and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Civil Death
Assistant D.A. Denise Lemoyne finds herself in a deadly vortex between her private life and her public role when her beloved godmother, Madeline St. Juste, is found murdered
John William Corrington, Joyce H. Corrington, 1988
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Civil Death in New York State: How New York State Utilizes ...
This is the very same logic that should be used to bring legislative change to civil death penalties. Civil death penalties are not directly connected to convictions. Courts impose sentences, not collateral penalties such as civil death penalties.
Eric M. Deadwiley, M. Deadwiley Eric M. Deadwiley, 2009
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The Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties: A - F, Index
Through the Roman Empire, civil death was later exported to Germanic tribes and England where the practice came to be known as "outlawry." It developed into a penal sanction referred to as "attainder," which triggered the forfeiture of all civil ...
Paul Finkelman, 2006
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A Civil Death
Jane, a hairdresser in Knoxville, Tennessee, is shocked to learn that a long-time client was stabbed to death while searching for a Civil War roadside marker.
Susan Dorsey, 2011
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America's Death Penalty: Between Past and Present
In invoking civiliter mortuus, Justice Christian drew on a body oflaw, ideology, and practice that had become foundational not just to southern but to American penal law between 1799 (the year New York enacted its civil death statute) and the ...
David Garland, Randall McGowen, Michael Meranze, 2011
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
See Napoleonic Code. civil death, a loan translation of mors civilis, was formerly opposed to natural death. At common law, a person who (1) was banished or outlawed, (2) was attainted of felony, or (3) had entered a monastery, was said to  ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
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Prison Slavery
Civil. Death. Statutes. Prison slavery state constitutional changes would be meaningless without subsequent changes in state statutes. This technical conformity focuses on the changes in state civil death statutes. Three prison slave and 6 no ...
Barbara Esposito, Lee Wood, Kathryn Bardsley, 1982
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Code civil du Bas Canada
tlaw prior to the Code Napoleon, which, in this respect, has innovated the ancient law, in causing civil death to proceed, in the first place, from condemnation to natural death (art 23) and also from condemnation to any corporal punishment for  ...
Québec (Province). Commissioners for the Codification of the Laws of Lower Canada in Civil Matters, René Édouard Caron, Charles D. Day, 1865
9
Romancing the Shadow: Poe and Race
Civil death sustained itself through two ruling metaphors: "corruption of blood" or "forfeiture of property." The English common-law fiction of strict civil death, to be " dead in law" — forfeiting property as well as personal rights — though generally ...
J. Gerald Kennedy, Liliane Weissberg, 2001
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Romancing the Shadow : Poe and Race: Poe and Race
Civil death sustained itself through two ruling metaphors: "corruption of blood" or "forfeiture of property." The English common-law fiction of strict civil death, to be " dead in law" — forfeiting property as well as personal rights — though generally ...
J. Gerald Kennedy William A. Read Professor of English Louisiana State University, Professor of German and Comparative Literature University of Pennsylvania Liliane Weissberg Joseph B. Glossberg Term Professor in the Humanities, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIVIL DEATH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term civil death is used in the context of the following news items.
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DINA KHAYAT: In Egypt the real war on terror has begun
After two years of over 200 terror attacks and 1,000 deaths, only one civil death sentence has been carried out. Such protracted due process ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
2
I spent 11 years in prison. Here's what I wish I'd known before I got out.
Being in prison is what's considered a civiliter mortuus, a civil death — the death of a person's civil rights. While I was in prison, I had no right to ... «Vox, Jul 15»
3
Pope: Believe that Jesus can heal us and awaken us from death?
... contact was condemned to civil death". But "the need to be liberated drives her to dare and the faith 'rips', so to speak, healing from the Lord. «AsiaNews.it, Jun 15»
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Louisiana editorial roundup
Case law in Louisiana has even likened it to "civil death," he said. Judge Reese closed the proceedings to the public, so the public can't weigh ... «Bradenton Herald, Jun 15»
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After Benson ruling, Saints fans can focus solely on football: Editorial
Case law in Louisiana has even likened it to "civil death," he said. Judge Reese closed the proceedings to the public, so the public can't weigh ... «NOLA.com, Jun 15»
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New Orleans Saints Owner Found Competent
"The jurisprudence of the State of Louisiana has long held that interdiction is indeed a harsh remedy, even likened to 'civil death,'" his ruling ... «Courthouse News Service, Jun 15»
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Guardianship Changes Take Effect July 1
Their wards, the people who have suffered a civil death, who have no rights are then taken advantage of financially,” says Franks. The Franks' ... «WCTV, Jun 15»
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A history of package holidays: Rising numbers indicate a …
But Spain's bishops began a campaign to have Zaragoza excommunicated, threatening "civil death" for him and his plans. Zaragoza got on his ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
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Undue Complexity
In simple language, this means a series of state-based statutory punishments — rooted in the medieval English practice of “civil death” — that ... «Litchfield County Times, Jun 15»
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Ralph Nader:
In simple language, this means a series of state-based statutory punishments – rooted in the medieval English practice of “civil death” – that ... «Middletown Press, Jun 15»

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