1. Civil Liberties Vocabulary
Coach Lott
Unit 4

2. Human Rights
Fundamental freedoms for everyone

3. Incorporation
Process of extending one’s rights to the state and local governments.

4. Abridge
Term that means to limit something

5. Slander
False speech intended to damage a person’s reputation

6. Libel
False written or published statements intended to damage a person’s reputation.

7. Prior Restraint
Government censorship of information before it is published or broadcast

8. Naturalization
Legal process in which a person is granted citizenship

9. Jus Soli
Citizen because of where you were born.

10. Jus Sanguinis
Citizen because of who you were born to

11. Expatriation
Giving up one’s citizenship by leaving to live in a foreign country.

12. Counsel
Legal representation

13. Discrimination
To treat someone unfairly based on their race, gender, age, ethnicity, or religion.