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Article I
,
Section 9
,
clause 2
The
Privilege
of
the
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
shall
not
be
suspended
141-unless
when
in
Cases
of
Rebellion
or
Invasion
the
public
Safety
may
require
it
A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language (1806)
(Noah Webster 1806)
unless an old verb in the infinitive mode, except, remove, dismiss, release, equivalent to, if not
An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
www.WebstersDictionary1828.com
(Noah Webster 1828)
unless
UNLESS', conjunction
Except; that is, remove or dismiss the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows. 'We cannot thrive unless we are industrious and frugal.' the sense will be more obvious with the clauses of the sentence inverted. unless [remove this fact, suppose it not to exist, ] we are industrious and frugal, we cannot thrive. unless then answers for a negation. If we are not industrious, we cannot thrive.
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