Jon Davis's definitions

perversion

The act of perverting something.

A tweak, change, or adjustment of an otherwise true or accurate person, place, thing, or idea, to the point of making the person, place, thing, or idea no longer true or accurate.

Mormon belief is a perversion of Christianity.

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004

national

Of or relating to the nation.

The President is hired by the government to execute matters of national importance.

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004

ethics

Plural of ethic.

The sum of a set of moral beliefs.

etiquette; morality; values

That criminal has a really bad sense of ethics.

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004

execution

The carrying out of something.

The event or occurance of a thing that is executed.

The execution of this software will result in a virus spreading all over the Internet.

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004

administration

The duty of office workers who work with, establish, or deal with the logistics of various tasks of the office.

Paper pushers.

The Bush Administration proceeded to create a new agency that studies how life could be created in primordial soup.

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004

Sixteenth Amendment

The sixteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004

ratified

Past tense of ratify

An amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America cannot be established unless the amendment is ratified, or approved (by a process), by a certain number of states.

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004