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Liberty |
1 a : freedom from external (as governmental) restraint, compulsion, or interference in engaging in the pursuits or conduct of one's choice to the extent that they are lawful and not harmful to others
b : enjoyment of the rights enjoyed by others in a society free of arbitrary or unreasonable limitation or interference
2 : freedom from physical restraint
3 : freedom from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership or services
4 : See also right<the right to a fair trial is a fundamental ~ secured by the Fourteenth Amendment W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel>
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collateral estoppel
estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action
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