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Citizen is a responsible person who under the constitution of that country has voting rights and who have sworn loyalty to that country.
It is the opposite of negligence (and negligent), which makes the responsible person liable for damages to persons injured.
The person who orders the funeral is responsible personally for the expenses, and if the estate of the deceased should be insolvent, he must lose the amount.
Hence, when the plaintiff sued out a writ, the sheriff was obliged to take pledges of prosecution before he returned it, which when fines and amercements were considerable, were real and responsible persons and answerable for those amercements; ...
By comparison, under Australian law, police can exhaustively search any vehicle on a public road, and any electronic devices therein (mobile phone, computer), without the responsible persons' permission, for evidence of criminal acts, ...
See also: Were, Person, Right, Nation, Decision
 
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