{"id":358123,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/legal-glossary\/civil-rights-law.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"civil-rights-law","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/legal-glossary\/civil-rights-law.html","title":{"rendered":"Civil Rights Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<html> <body>  <p>Trying to decipher an acronym? Attempting to understand legal jargon? The Civil Rights Law glossary gives you access to definitions for the Civil Rights legal terminology commonly used in documents and court proceedings. This Civil Rights Law glossary will help you understand the legal terms and phrases which are relevant to your rights, discrimination, and harassment and other areas of Civil Rights law.<\/p>  <p>FindLaw is your starting place for help understanding the law. 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