An acid-base indicator which is colorless in acid solution, but turns pink to red as the solution becomes alkaline. It is used medicinally as a cathartic.
White person
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A person of the Caucasian race (6 Fed. Rep. 256). In the timeof slavery in the United States white person was generally construedas a person without admixture of colored blood. In various statutesand decisions in different States since 1865 white person isconstrued as in effect: one not having any negro blood (Ark., Okla.);one having less than one eighth of negro blood (Ala., Fla., Ga.,Ind., Ky., Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex.); onehaving less than one fourth (Mich., Neb., Ore., Va.); one having lessthan one half (Ohio).
White person meaning & definition 1 of White person.
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