Search results for: “community powers”

  • Merger

    Merger

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Merger Meaning of Merger In relation to corporations, the term denotes the amalgamation of two corporations to form a new one. The absorption of one corporation by another, which retains its name and […]

  • Common Commercial Policy

    Common Commercial Policy in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: under Article 133 of the Treaty of Amsterdam (which amends Article 113 of the Treaty of Rome), the member states of the European Community conduct a common commercial policy based on […]

  • Common Commercial Policy

    Common Commercial Policy in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: under Article 133 of the Treaty of Amsterdam (which amends Article 113 of the Treaty of Rome), the member states of the European Community conduct a common commercial policy based on […]

  • Municipality

    See municipal corporation .

  • Election

    Election

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Election Meaning of Election The exercise of choice by one left to free will to take or do one thing or another. An act of choosing, choice, active choosing by vote a person to fill an office , or to […]

  • Tax

    Tax

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Tax Meaning of Tax An impost , a tribute imposed upon the subject . A compulsory imposition by competent authority on the subjects. there can be no option on the part of the taxpayer to pay or not to pay […]

  • International Bank For Reconstruction And Development

    Also called the World Bank, an international organization created at Breton Woods in 1944 to help in the reconstruction and development of its member nations….

  • Town

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Town Meaning of Town In its popular sense, the term indicates a thickly settled area, regardless of its legal boundaries or the form of municipal government . As a generic term, includes all f.r.s. of […]

  • Constitution

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Constitution Meaning of Constitution The established form of government in a state , kingdom or country; a system of fundamental rule, principles and ordinances for the government of a state or nation , […]

  • Civil Society

    Civil Society in Voting Law Definition of Civil Society in the context of the United States election law: Associations, organisations and unions that are active in public affairs and constitute an independent counterforce to the powers that be. In democracies, all persons have a right to […]

  • Association

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Association Meaning of Association A union of persons for a common purpose, a confederacy . The persons so uniting. A body of persons not invested legally with corporate status . See Pacific Electric […]

  • Limited Partnership

    A partnership formed by two or more persons having as members one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See uniform Limited Partnership Act, §1. while civil law recog-nized limited partnerships, common law did not and limited partnership in common law […]

  • Legislative Power

    The authority, under the constitution, to make laws, and to alter or repeal them. …

  • Human Rights

    Human rights English Spanish Translation of Human rights Derechos humanosFind other English to Spanish translations from the Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary (print and online), the English to Spanish to English dictionaries (like Human rights) and the Word […]

  • Legal System

    English Spanish Translation of Legal System Sistema jurídicoFind other English to Spanish translations from the Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary (print and online), the English to Spanish to English dictionaries (like Legal System) and the Word reference […]