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Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Exclusion Act Chinese Exclusion Act
Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese
laborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892
by act of May 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5,
1892. By act of April 29, 1902, all existing legislation on
the subject was re["e]nacted and continued, and made
applicable to the insular possessions of the United States.
ExcludeExclude Ex*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Excluding.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out +
claudere to shut. See Close.]
1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to
debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to
except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd
from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one
nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer
from the privilege of voting.
And none but such, from mercy I exclude. --Milton.
2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young
animals from the womb or from eggs.
Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the
``three logical axioms,' so-called, namely, to that one
which is expressed by the formula: ``Everything is either
A or Not-A.' no third state or condition being involved
or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under
Contradiction. ExcludedExclude Ex*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Excluding.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out +
claudere to shut. See Close.]
1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to
debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to
except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd
from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one
nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer
from the privilege of voting.
And none but such, from mercy I exclude. --Milton.
2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young
animals from the womb or from eggs.
Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the
``three logical axioms,' so-called, namely, to that one
which is expressed by the formula: ``Everything is either
A or Not-A.' no third state or condition being involved
or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under
Contradiction. Excluded middleExclude Ex*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Excluding.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out +
claudere to shut. See Close.]
1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to
debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to
except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd
from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one
nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer
from the privilege of voting.
And none but such, from mercy I exclude. --Milton.
2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young
animals from the womb or from eggs.
Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the
``three logical axioms,' so-called, namely, to that one
which is expressed by the formula: ``Everything is either
A or Not-A.' no third state or condition being involved
or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under
Contradiction. ExcludingExclude Ex*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Excluding.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out +
claudere to shut. See Close.]
1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to
debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to
except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd
from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one
nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer
from the privilege of voting.
And none but such, from mercy I exclude. --Milton.
2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young
animals from the womb or from eggs.
Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the
``three logical axioms,' so-called, namely, to that one
which is expressed by the formula: ``Everything is either
A or Not-A.' no third state or condition being involved
or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under
Contradiction. ExclusionExclusion Ex*clu"sion, n. [L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See
Exclude.]
1. The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by
thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring;
rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded.
His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. --Milton.
The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England
and Ireland. --Hume.
2. (Physiol.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an
egg from the womb.
3. Thing emitted. --Sir T. Browne. Exclusionary
Exclusionary Ex*clu"sion*a*ry, a.
Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive.
Exclusionism
Exclusionism Ex*clu"sion*ism, n.
The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist.
Exclusionist
Exclusionist Ex*clu"sion*ist, n.
One who would exclude another from some right or privilege;
esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of
Charles II.
Exclusive
Exclusive Ex*clu"sive, n.
One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of
affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select
few.
Exclusive
Exclusive Ex*clu"sivea. [Cf. F. exclusif.]
1. Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from
participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the
exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive
privilege; exclusive circles of society.
2. Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration;
-- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops,
exclusive of artillery.
Exclusiveness
Exclusiveness Ex*clu"sive*ness, n.
Quality of being exclusive.
Exclusivism
Exclusivism Ex*clu"siv*ism, n.
The act or practice of excluding being exclusive;
exclusiveness.
Exclusivist
Exclusivist Ex*clu"siv*ist, n.
One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness or
exclusivism.
The field of Greek mythology . . . the favorite
sporting ground of the exclusivists of the solar
theory. --Gladstone.
Exclusory
Exclusory Ex*clu"so*ry, a. [L. exclusorius.]
Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude.
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