☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Penumbra

In constitutional law, the implied rights that emanate from the specific guarantees of the Bill of Rights, creating zones of privacy and liberty not expressly stated in the text.

Etymology: Latin 'paene' (almost) + 'umbra' (shadow) · Category: Constitutional Law · Source: Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
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