Slavery definition

Slavery means the status or condition of a person over whom any or all the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised;
Slavery means reducing a person by any means to a state of submitting to the control of another person as if that other person were the owner of that person;
Slavery means, as defined in the Slavery Convention of 1926, the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised, and "slave" means a person in such condition or status;

Examples of Slavery in a sentence

  • Contractor shall comply with San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 12Y, San Francisco Slavery Era Disclosure Ordinance, including but not limited to Contractor's affirmative duty to research and disclose evidence of Contractor, its parent or subsidiary entity, or its Predecessor Company's Participation in the Slave Trade or receipt of Profits from the Slave Trade.

  • All Potential suppliers are required to comply fully with SCI’s Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Policy (attached to these Conditions).

  • Contractor shall comply with San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 12Y, San Francisco Slavery Era Disclosure Ordinance, including but not limited to Contractor’s affirmative duty to research and disclose evidence of Contractor, its parent or subsidiary entity, or its Predecessor Company’s Participation in the Slave Trade or receipt of Profits from the Slave Trade.

  • Further information on the signs that someone may be a victim of modern slavery, the support available to victims and how to refer them to the NRM is available in the Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance.

  • CONTRACTOR shall comply with the Slavery Disclosure Ordinance, LAAC Section 10.41 et seq., as amended from time to time.


More Definitions of Slavery

Slavery means, in accordance with the 1926 Slavery Convention, the status or condition of a person over whom all or any of the powers attaching to the right of “ownership” are exercised and ownership, as the key element of slavery, shall be construed as the behaviour on the part of the offender as if he/ she did own the person, which deprives the victim of their freedom. “Servitude” means the obligation to provide services that is imposed by the use of coercion and includes the obligation for a ‘serf’ to live on another person’s property and the impossibility of changing his or her condition.
Slavery means the practice of owning enslaved persons.
Slavery means the exercise of any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership over a person;
Slavery means the status or condition of a person over whom control is exercised to the extent that the person is treated like property;
Slavery means a situation under which powers generally exercised towards property are exercised over a person; in this matter, substantive control over the life of a person or denial of his liberty shall be deemed use of powers as stated.”
Slavery means exercising the right of ownership over a person;
Slavery means the status or condition of a person over whom any or all the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised; or