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Amnesty  International.An  international  nongovernmental  organization  founded  in  the  early 1960s  to  protect  human  rights  throughout  the  world.  •  Its  mission  is  to  “secure  throughout  the world the observance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Amnesty Int’l Statute, art. 1. [Blacks Law 8th]

amnesty clause.A clause, esp. one found in a peace treaty, that wipes out past offenses such as treason,  sedition,  rebellion,  and  even  war  crimes. • A  sovereign  may  grant amnesty  to  all  guilty persons or only to certain categories of offenders. [Blacks Law 8th]

amnesty,n.  A pardon extended by the  government to a group  or class  of  persons, usu. for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are  subject to  trial  but have  not  yet been  convicted  <the  1986  Immigration  Reform  and  Control A Act  provided  amnesty  for  undocumented  aliens …

amittere   liberam   legem   (<<schwa>>-mit-<<schwa>>-ree   lib-<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>m lee-j<<schwa>>m). See LIBERAM LEGEM AMITTERE. [Blacks Law 8th]

amittere   legem   terrae   (<<schwa>>-mit-<<schwa>>-ree   lee-j<<schwa>>m   ter-ee).   See LIBERAM LEGEM AMITTERE. [Blacks Law 8th]

amittere  curiam  (<<schwa>>-mit-<<schwa>>-ree  kyoor-ee-<<schwa>>m),  vb.[Law  Latin] Hist. To lose the privilege of attending court. [Blacks Law 8th]

amitinus (am-<<schwa>>-tI-n<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Civil law. The son of a paternal aunt or maternal uncle; a male first cousin. Pl. amitini. [Blacks Law 8th]

amitina (am-<<schwa>>-tI-n<<schwa>>). [Latin] Civil law. The daughter of a paternal aunt or maternal uncle; a female first cousin. Pl. amitinae. [Blacks Law 8th]

amita (am-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>). [Latin] Civil law. The sister of one’s father; an aunt on the father’s side. Pl. amitae. [Blacks Law 8th]

Amish exception.An exemption of the Amish from compulsory-school-attendance laws under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. • In Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 92 S.Ct. 1526 (1972), the Supreme Court held that Amish children could not be compelled to attend high school even though they were within the age range of the…