Glossary

  • Continental Army

    The army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

  • Contraceptive

    a drug, technique, or device used to prevent pregnancy

  • Contract Clause of the Constitution

    (Article I, Section 10) No state shall pass any law impairing the obligations of contracts.

  • Contracts Clause

    (Article I, Section 10) No state shall pass any law impairing the obligations of contracts.

  • Convent

    a local community or house of a religious order or congregation.

  • Court of Appeals

    Any court that can hear an appeal from a trial or lower court.

  • Court-appointed guardian

    an individual or entity selected by a court to make personal and/or financial decisions for someone who has been deemed unable to make decisions for themselves.

  • de facto segregation

    segregation “in practice,” as opposed to de jure segregation, which is “by law.”

  • de jure segregation

    separation that was mandated by law and enforced by the government

  • defaulted

    Failure to repay a loan.