HUMAN RIGHTS

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1. – Prominent scholar cited in Philippine legal literature and jurisprudence.
3. – Inherent authority of the state to legislate for public health, safety, morals, and welfare.
6. – Individual or party obligated to fulfill a legal duty.
7. – Binding legal tie that constitutes the essence of an obligation.
12. – Provision barring retroactive interference in lawful contracts.
13. – Admissible hearsay made in extremis concerning the cause of impending death.
14. – Normative basis of rights rooted in shared moral concern for others.
16. Security pledged to temporarily release a suspect pending trial.
17. Legal grounds excusing liability due to lack of voluntariness or other defenses.
19. – Offenses deemed criminal due to statute, not by inherent immorality.
21. Circumstances that heighten criminal liability and increase penalties.
22. Failure to exercise reasonable foresight leading to negligent harm.
23. Free from favoritism or bias in adjudication.
24. – The primary cause that sets off a chain of events in legal liability.
25. – International body established in 1945 to maintain global order and prevent intergovernmental conflict.
31. – Constitutional guarantee protecting individuals from arbitrary denial of legal rights.
34. – Entity entitled to enforce compliance in a juridical relation.
35. – Constitutional right ensuring the ability to litigate without economic or institutional barriers.
37. Action based on personal discretion lacking legal justification.
39. Principle mandating uniform application of rights and responsibilities.
40. Mutually exclusive options provided in a legal or contractual obligation.
41. Permanent abnormality often relevant in classifying serious physical injury.
44. Mutual agreement enforceable by law involving a meeting of minds.
45. Pertaining to the structure or exercise of governmental power.
46. Diminution or weakening of legal capacity or contract enforcement.
48. – Psychological impetus driving the commission of an unlawful act.
49. Collective manifestations of intellectual achievement and social practice.
50. Term inclusive of all legal persons, natural or juridical.

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2. Legal removal of a person from a state’s territory.
4. A juridical necessity to give, to do, or not to do.
5. Felonious or justifiable killing of a human being.
8. Formal notice compelling appearance before judicial authority.
9. – Foundational value affirming intrinsic worth beyond legal status.
10. – Prejudicial treatment grounded in unlawful or irrelevant distinctions.
11. Factors that reduce the degree of moral culpability in sentencing.
15. – Remedy against unlawful detention, demanding court justification for custody.
18. Application of unlawful pressure to override free will.
20. Legal scope within which a court may render decisions.
26. Relating to sovereign dominion over geographic boundaries.
27. Branch or process responsible for enacting statutory laws.
28. – Legal doctrine requiring punishment or force to align with offense severity.
29. Judicial tribunal established to interpret and apply laws.
30. Defendant’s formal response to criminal charges during arraignment.
32. One who voluntarily aids in the commission of a crime with knowledge of its intent.
33. The specific object, service, or action due in an obligation.
36. Binding international agreement under public international law.
38. The equitable administration of the law with impartiality.
42. Severe infliction of pain sanctioned or carried out by authority for extraction or punishment.
43. Intentional annihilation of an identifiable group, often under international law.
47. Era – Post-Spanish colonial period marked by U.S. influence on Philippine legal and political systems.