e/Matter of Kasinga

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has gloss	eng: The Matter of Kasinga was a legal case decided in June 1996 involving Fauziya Kassindja, a Togolese teenager seeking asylum in the United States in order to escape a tribal practice of female genital cutting. The Board of Immigration Appeals granted her asylum in June 1996 after an earlier judge denied her claims. The case set a precedent in United States immigration law as applicants could now seek asylum in the United States from gender-based persecution, whereas previously religious or political grounds were often used to grant asylum.
lexicalization	eng: Matter of Kasinga
instance of	(noun) (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions precedent, case law, common law

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Der Fall Kasinga war ein Gerichtsverfahren, betreffend Fauziya Kassindja, eine Frau aus Togo, welche im Alter von siebzehn Jahren in den USA Asyl suchte, um der ihr drohenden Zwangsheirat und der Verstümmelung ihrer Genitalien zu entgehen.
lexicalization	deu: Fall Kasinga