" The European Court of Human Rights has interpreted this as mandating independent official investigation of any death where public servants may be implicated.

The word has its root in the Latin word " minus " or minor or less, which was applied to servants, as they were considered subordinates.

Historically, slavery was institutionally recognized by many societies ; in more recent times slavery has been outlawed in most societies but continues through the practices of debt bondage, indentured servitude, serfdom, domestic servants kept in captivity, certain adoptions in which children are forced to work as slaves, child soldiers, and forced marriage.

Poverty has forced at least 225, 000 Haitian children to work as restavecs ( unpaid household servants ); the United Nations considers this to be a modern-day form of slavery.

Robert E. Wright has developed a model that helps to predict when firms ( individuals, companies ) will be more likely to use slaves rather than wage workers, indentured servants, family members, or other types of laborers.

The Qur ' an says: " And We verily gave knowledge to Dawud and Sulayman and they said: praise be to God ( Allah ) Who has preferred us above many of his believing servants ".

The two books he has written are mandatory readings in schools and public servants are quizzed yearly about their knowledge of their contents.

The city has many civil servants and diplomats.

The Gospel of John does not include this episode, but tells of Jesus washing the feet of the Apostles, giving the new commandment " to love one another as I have loved you ", and has a detailed farewell discourse by Jesus, calling the Apostles who follow his teachings " friends and not servants ", as he prepares them for his departure.

Over the last few years, the UPEACE Human Rights Centre has conducted several training courses for policy makers, staff members of the UN and other inter-governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, practitioners, academics and civil servants.

For example: Normally the server side has the Portable Object Adapter ( POA ) that redirects calls either to the local servants or ( to balance the load ) to the other servers.

As the city has a high proportion of public servants, the federal government contributes the largest percentage of Gross State Product and is the largest single employer in Canberra.

When Tintin and Haddock return home, they discover that the Emir's bratty, incorrigibly spoiled son Abdullah has been sent there for protection, along with a colorful entourage of servants and dignitaries who have established a bedouin-bivouac in the great hall of Marlinspike Hall.

The current coalition Government has proposed introducing a more American style system where senior civil servants such as permanent secretaries become political appointees

Creon blames himself for everything that has happened, and, a broken man, he asks his servants to help him inside.

Occasionally, however, Hacker does get his way, often inadvertently thwarting other arrangements or deals that Sir Humphrey has been making behind the scenes elsewhere with other ministers or civil servants.

It seemed I couldn't get press on my album unless I was willing to play into the role that the mainstream press has assigned to gay people, which is as servants of straight ideals.

However, when he arrives, Mario discovers that Bowser has invaded the castle and imprisoned the princess and her servants within it using the power of the castle's 120 Power Stars.

Unbelievably, the Catlett home built in 1811 is still standing two hundred years later, and has long been used as the " servants quarters " of Beechmoor Place, a large home located on Walnut Street ( U. S. Routes 23 and 60 ).

Several foundlings appear in Terry Pratchett's Discworld: most notably Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson ( found as a toddler among the ruins of a caravan party attacked by bandits, surrounded by the bodies of the adults ; Carrot was adopted and raised by the dwarfs who discovered him, and was surprised to learn at age 16-and 6ft 6in tall-that he was not a dwarf ; mounting evidence suggests that Carrot is the scion of the deposed Ankh-Morpork royal family, but he himself has suppressed this as much as possible, considering the role of police captain to be a preferable one in which to safeguard his city and keep order ), also Tomjohn ( rightful heir to the throne of Lancre, rescued from his father's killer by loyal servants, entrusted to the local witches and given to travelling actors to raise ; Tomjohn eventually returns to the kingdom, but does not wish to rule it, preferring to remain an actor ) and Keith ( The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents-ironically, Malicia, obsessed with fairytales, is certain that this makes him likely to be a prince, but Keith explains that it is common in the city to abandon babies outside the Guilds where they are likely to receive care and training in a trade ).

Indeed, God has distanced Himself from that with His saying: “ But Allah wills no injustice to His servants ” ( Qur ' an 40: 31 ), and His saying: “ Verily Allah will not deal unjustly with humankind in anything ” ( Qur ' an 10: 44 ).

Despite the best that has been done by everyone – the gallant fighting of the military and naval forces, the diligence and assiduity of Our servants of the State, and the devoted service of Our one hundred million people – the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage, while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest.

Though it seems to go against his unpopularity with the army's rank and file his friendliness to others and popularity with servants has been emphasized.

In both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Freyr sees Gerðr from a distance, becomes deeply lovesick at the sight of her shimmering beauty, and has his servant Skírnir go to Jötunheimr ( where Gerðr and her father Gymir reside ) to gain her love.

Freyr has a page named Skírnir.

An exchange occurs between Freyr and Skírnir in verse, where Freyr tells Skírnir that he has seen a wonderous girl with shining arms at the home of ( her father ) Gymir, yet that the gods and elves do not wish for the two to be together:

Loki tells Beyla to be silent, that she is " much imbued with malice ," that no worse female has ever been among the " Æsir's children ," and calling her a bad " serving-wench.

It's bigger than it has to be, though I don't see where it's doing any harm.

`` Your sister-in-law has the faro bank in Cap Ayres' saloon ''.

All of her movements were careful and methodical, partaking of the stealth of a criminal who has plotted his felony for months in advance and knows exactly which step to take next in the course of the final execution of his crime.

But Corporal Johnson has alreadeh said it didn make no diffrunce t'hi-im ''.

I worked for my Uncle ( an Uncle by marriage so you will not think this has a mild undercurrent of incest ) who ran one of those antique shops in New Orleans' Vieux Carre, the old French Quarter.

The Grafin, who was charmed by her, told her, `` Your sister who was here two years ago has quite dark hair.

But a young American has a bath next to his room and I shall ask him if you might use it this once.

The maku Frayne has inherited this strength from his grandfather ''.

The Brahmaputra has its headwaters in the tableland of the world, the towering white headwalls of the Himalayas that are unknown to man as any other space on the planet.

`` The kid has no manners, boys.

`` If Blue Throat has his way he'll keep us all cooped up in here for days '', he said.

Besides I heard her old uncle that stays there has been doin' it ''.

Prieur has gout and depends on Louis' pills and bleedings.

The race problem has tended to obscure other, less emotional, issues which may fundamentally be even more divisive.

But in our case -- and neither my wife nor I have extreme views on integration, nor are we given to emotional outbursts -- the situation has ruined one or two valued friendships and come close to wrecking several more.

In fact it has caused us to give serious thought to moving our residence south, because it is not easy for the most objective Southerner to sit calmly by when his host is telling a roomful of people that the only way to deal with Southerners who oppose integration is to send in troops and shoot the bastards down.

The situation of the South since 1865 has been unique in the western world.

As it is, they consider that the North is now reaping the fruits of excess egalitarianism, that in spite of its high standard of living the `` American way '' has been proved inferior to the English and Scandinavian ways, although they disapprove of the socialistic features of the latter.

However, in recent decades, for what doubtless are multiple reasons, an unannounced but nonetheless readily observable shift has occurred in both facets of national activity.

In what has aptly been called a `` constitutional revolution '', the basic nature of government was transformed from one essentially negative in nature ( the `` night-watchman state '' ) to one with affirmative duties to perform.

For lawyers, reflecting perhaps their parochial preferences, there has been a special fascination since then in the role played by the Supreme Court in that transformation -- the manner in which its decisions altered in `` the switch in time that saved nine '', President Roosevelt's ill-starred but in effect victorious `` Court-packing plan '', the imprimatur of judicial approval that was finally placed upon social legislation.

Labor relations have been transformed, income security has become a standardized feature of political platforms, and all the many facets of the American version of the welfare state have become part of the conventional wisdom.

The idea of national responsibility thus has become a common feature of the nations of the non-Soviet world.

Almost febrile in intensity, the principle has become worldwide in application -- unfortunately at the very time that nationalist fervors can wreak greatest harm.

Historically, however, the concept is one that has been of marked benefit to the people of the Western civilizational group.