| civil rights | Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, age, or gender. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| civil defense | Preventive emergency measures and programs designed to protect the individual or community in times of hostile attack. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| civil disorders | Deliberate and planned acts of unlawful behaviour engaged in by aggrieved segments of the population in seeking social change. (12 Dec 1998) |
| animal rights | The moral and ethical bases of the protection of animals from cruelty and abuse. The rights are extended to domestic animals, laboratory animals, and wild animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cell line rights | <cell culture> Ownership of a new organism entity. Rulings indicate that any organism that is patentable at all can be patented if it has been manipulated to do something useful. Usually, the rights do not reside with the individual who has supplied the source of the organism, but with the individual or organisation who has made it. (26 Mar 1998) |
| women's rights | The rights of women to equal status pertaining to social, economic, and educational opportunities afforded by society. (12 Dec 1998) |
| human rights | The rights of the individual to cultural, social, economic, and educational opportunities as provided by society, e.g., right to work, right to education, and right to social security. (12 Dec 1998) |