Article XIV of The United Methodist Articles of Religion explicitly rejects " invocation of saints " ( praying to saints ).

However, Allied demands at the peace talks in The Hague in April 1709 ( principally concerning Article 37 that bound Louis XIV to hand over Spain within two months or face the renewal of the war ), were rejected by the French in June.

The Augsburg Confession ( Article XIV ) holds that no one is to preach, teach, or administer the sacraments without a regular call.

Article XIV of the AFL – CIO constitution permits the AFL – CIO to charter and organize state, regional, local and city-wide bodies.

The first NZ squadron to serve with the RAF was not strictly an Article XIV squadron.

Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:

The California Constitution, Article XIV section 4, sets forth the intent of the people to establish a system of workers ' compensation.

In addition, he believed that Article XIV would be honored and allow the Choctaw to keep some reserves in Mississippi.

Under Article XIV Poland was also to receive railway materials ( locomotives, rolling stock, etc.

I, Article XIV, pp 93 – 109.

In 1952, in accordance with the Articles of Agreement, 5 years after the IMF began financial operations, annual consultations with members maintaining exchange restrictions under Article XIV were initiated.

Rochin appealed his case on the basis that his rights, guaranteed to him by Amendments V and XIV of the United States Constitution and by Article I ( 1 )( 13 )( 19 ) of the California Constitution rendered the evidence inadmissible, and that the forced stomach pumping was unconstitutionally compelled self-incrimination.

Seven states ( Texas, Maryland, Mississippi, ( Article XIV, Section 265 ), North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas 19 Section 1, and Tennessee ) do include language in their constitutions requiring state officeholders to have particular religious beliefs ; additionally, one state ( Pennsylvania Article 1 Section 4 ) specifically protects officeholders with religious belief but is silent on whether those without such beliefs are also protected.

Article XIV

Article XIV of the constitution is dedicated to discussing the public highway system of the state and the methods of funding.

This Article was the subject of a landmark case in 1781 before a Massachusetts court sitting in Great Barrington, Brom and Bett v. Ashley.

The next several Articles within the " Part the First " in the original 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts called upon the people of the Commonwealth as being their " right as well as the duty of all men " ( Article II ) to a strong religious conviction and belief.

Article III continued in bringing attention to the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that " the happiness of a people " and " preservation of civil government " is explicitly tied to religion and morality.

Part the Second, Chapter II, Section I, Article I of the Massachusetts Constitution reads,

Part the Second, Chapter II, Section II, Article I of the Massachusetts Constitution reads, There shall be annually elected a lieutenant governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose title shall be, His Honor and who shall be qualified, in point of religion, property, and residence in the commonwealth, in the same manner with the governor: and the day and manner of his election, and the qualifications of the electors, shall be the same as are required in the election of a governor.

Boston lawyer, and member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779, John Lowell, upon the adoption of Article I for inclusion in the Massachusetts Constitution, exclaimed: "... I will render my services as a lawyer gratis to any slave suing for his freedom if it is withheld from him ..." With this case, he fulfilled his promise.

* Article on the Townshend Acts, with some period documents, from the Massachusetts Historical Society

The amendment was challenged in court, based on a provision in the Massachusetts Constitution ( Article 48, Section 2 ), which prohibits the use of an initiative petition for " reversal of a judicial decision.

Romney said he would ask a justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court that week to put the initiative on the ballot in case the legislators failed to vote on the initiative on the last day of the Joint Session, January 2, 2007 as required by the Massachusetts Constitution Amendments Article XLVIII ( The Initiative, IV.

On December 27, 2006, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court agreed unanimously with Romney's repeated assertion that Article 48 of the Massachusetts Constitution explicitly and unambiguously requires that the Massachusetts Legislature take a final vote on any and all voter initiatives placed before them, which includes the marriage amendment.

This settles the issue raised by many opponents of the marriage amendment, who have repeatedly stated that Article 48 of the Massachusetts Constitution does not require a vote by legislators.

See Main Article List of Registered Historic Places in Newton, Massachusetts

A contemporary example of a nuisance law in the United States is the Article 40 Bylaw of Amherst, Massachusetts known as the Nuisance House Bylaw.

* The University of Massachusetts Online Article on Pigmentation Disease

* The University of Massachusetts Online Article on Skin Pigmentation Disorders

Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that, " No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Estonian:

According to Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, " everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author ".

Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that " Everyone has the right to a nationality ," and " No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

Protection is also prescribed in the United Nations ' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 17, and in the European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR ), Protocol 1.

The term republic does not appear in the Declaration of Independence, but does appear in Article IV of the Constitution which " guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican form of Government.

For instance, the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20, 1963, address racial prejudice explicitly next to discrimination for reasons of race, colour or ethnic origin ( Article I ).

Social security is a concept enshrined in Article 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:

* States Parties of UCC, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI.

* States Parties of UCC as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI.

* July 26 – The Potsdam Declaration demands Japan's unconditional surrender ; Article 12 permitting Japan to retain the reign of the Emperor has been deleted by President Truman.

Similarly, " cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments " are banned under Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

In accordance with the precautionary approach, contained in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the objective of the Protocol is to contribute to ensuring an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling and use of ' living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology ' that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements ( Article 1 of the Protocol, SCBD 2000 ).

* Article 1, indicating that the objective of the Protocol is " in accordance with the precautionary approach contained in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development ";

The freedom to leave or discontinue membership in a religion or religious group — in religious terms called " apostasy " — is also a fundamental part of religious freedom, covered by Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

It is considered to be a violation of human rights, and is declared to be unacceptable by Article 5 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Organized violence includes “ torture, cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ” as in Article 5 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( 1984 ).

Article 7 of a 1994 draft of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples uses the phrase " cultural genocide " but does not define what it means.

Any powers and responsibilities transferred to the Palestinians through the Declaration of Principles prior to the inauguration of the Council will be subject to the same principles pertaining to Article IV, as set out in the agreed minutes below.

In 1948, the issue of the right to " conscience " was dealt with by the United Nations General Assembly in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.