n. ACLU was founded by Roger Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, Albert DeSilver and others in 1920. It is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organisation fighting to provide protection towards and guarantee of fundamental rights and civil liberties of people. ACLU work to extend rights to segments of society who have been denied their rights traditionally, like Na... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21213
hostile witnessnoun a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party; `a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross-examined` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974