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restricting - definition and meaning
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verb Present participle of restrict .
adjective serving to restrict
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adjective restricting the scope or freedom of action
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I have no doubt that it would become extinct, for all time to come, if we but readopted the policy of the fathers, by restricting it to the limits it has already covered, restricting it from the new Territories.
Third Joint Debate at Jonesboro. Mr. Lincoln's Reply 1897
– Terror support (Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, 2010): Whether the government's power to criminalize "material support" of a terrorist organization goes too far in restricting civil liberties.
How they stack up: the leading high court candidates 2010
MADDOW: But you do want a federal role in restricting the states 'ability to legalize gay marriage?
Joe Miller's Extreme Views On Gay Rights (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
MADDOW: But you do want a federal role in restricting the states 'ability to legalize gay marriage?
Joe Miller's Extreme Views On Gay Rights (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
MADDOW: But you do want a federal role in restricting the states 'ability to legalize gay marriage?
Joe Miller's Extreme Views On Gay Rights (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
· Terror support (Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, 2010): Whether the government's power to criminalize "material support" of a terrorist organization goes too far in restricting civil liberties.
Fast facts: Elena Kagan 2010
Unlike some folks around here, I believe it * does* matter who lives next door, and I do believe in restricting immigration so that crazy people cannot disrupt my community.
Surveillance and Terrorism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
I think that goes way too far in restricting the Liberty of all.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge 2010
The more "civilized" a society becomes the more that society succeeds in restricting sexual intercourse to marriage, it said.
My Favorite Example of a Biased Statistic, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
MADDOW: But you do want a federal role in restricting the states 'ability to legalize gay marriage?
Joe Miller's Extreme Views On Gay Rights (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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