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public decency

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meanings of publicand decency


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public
adjective
uk /ˈpʌb.lɪk/ us /ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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decency
noun
uk /ˈdiː.sən.si/ us /ˈdiː.sən.si/
behaviour that is good, moral, and acceptable ...
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Examples of public decency


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The coroner claimed the right to exclude outsiders in the interests of criminal justice, family privacy or publicdecency.
There are plenty of safeguards for publicdecency and public order.
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For here publicdecency is immediately and obviously involved.
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It is not for me to speak on the moral aspect, but from the simple viewpoint of publicdecency the situation has clearly become intolerable.
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Everyone knew that such things took place, but the law only punished acts against publicdecency and conduct tending to the corruption of youth.
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First, the phrase, "an offence against publicdecency" means exactly what it says.
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The answer to that is basically one of publicdecency.
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How will the law, as amended, apply to acts against publicdecency or outrages against public morals?
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This shows a lack of sense of publicdecency.
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That was in 1972, and we were concerned then with the outrage to publicdecency.
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The reasons why local authorities are given control over what films may be shown in cinemas are purely reasons of publicdecency and morality.
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It does seem to me that such a thing is an outrage on publicdecency.
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What are the contemporary standards of publicdecency?
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It suggested that these acts should be punishable if committed in circumstances which outraged publicdecency.
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There is nothing about publicdecency, but just the words "in private".
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I think the balance of authority is that there is a crime in an individual both to outrage publicdecency and to corrupt public morals.
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The reason for limitation being placed on them is a simple matter of publicdecency.
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In some parts, no prosecution takes place unless there has been a clear breach of publicdecency.
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That was to get away from the test of to deprave and corrupt and to ask instead: does this article outrage publicdecency?
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This legislation offends against a sense of publicdecency and fairness.
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