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  • noun

Synonyms for objector

a person who dissents from some established policy

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He pointed out that after hearing arguments from both the objectors and respondent's lawyers, there was no doubt that the respondent did not violate any law.

The conscientious objector had refused to serve in the Turkish army as a reservist in Cyprus from 2014-2017.

Karapasiaoglou was led before the military court on 3 January for refusing to report for reserve army duty for the past four years for ideological reasons, landing him with four open cases for which he was found guilty and was refused recognition as a conscientious objector.

Amendments to the federal rule on class actions promise to make the settlement process more efficient with the adoption of uniform factors for court approval of agreements and provisions discouraging bothersome "professional objectors," experts say.

COUNCILLORS have backed a motion paying tribute to the "courage and contribution" of conscientious objectors during the First World War.

Once a written objection is received from an individual, MNA will adhere to the rules established by the courts and by the administrative agencies that enforce the labor laws as to the handling of the objector's fees until the arbitrator has issued his or her ruling.

Frank characterizes it as "objector blackmail": an absent class member objects to a settlement with no intention of improving the settlement for the class.

objector to military service, and was sentenced a few weeks ago to two

ACONSCIENTIOUS objector is defined as: an individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, and/or religion.

Ali - who died in 2016 - declared himself a conscientious objector.

On March 8, Incheon District Court sentenced a Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector to 18 months in jail.

"An 18-year-old being denied exemption because he was considered too young to have a conscience; a declared atheist being told he couldn't possibly have a conscience; a conscientious objector who was a piano tuner by trade being denied exemption because how could he know what use the pianos he tuned might be put to?

FEARNE Cotton has discovered her greatgrandad was jailed for being a conscientious objector during the First World War.

Attitudes to them are shown in a cartoon of a consci-entious objector relaxing at home while the rest of his family does their bit for the war effort.

"Further problems have occurred due to (the youths) sitting on shop steps and standing in doorways and this is rather unnerving for older people passing by and living near due to gang culture," wrote an objector.

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