Jon Davis's definitions

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

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

liable

The state of being obligated to pay a debt.

No federal statute makes any American citizen living and working in one of the fifty states liable for an income tax.

by Jon Davis January 14, 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

mistake

An action that leads to the word, "Oops?"

See fool, sin, error, marriage

I made a tragic mistake.

by Jon Davis January 14, 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

black robe

The covering of clothes worn by a courtroom judge.

A courtroom judge, usually described as a noun when identifying the judge as having a bloated ego and a poor sense of justice.

The black robe sentenced the guy who did no wrong to five years in prison.

by Jon Davis January 13, 2004