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

  • The parties must at all times comply with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, improper payments, anti-money laundering, and modern slavery, including but not limited to the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules 2007 (Cth), and the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth).


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 exercise of any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership over a person;
Slavery means the practice of owning enslaved persons.
Slavery means the practice of owning Enslaved Persons.
Slavery means the status or condition of a person over whom control is exercised to the extent that the person is treated like property.11
Slavery means exercising the right of ownership over another 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