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  • Budget

    Budget

    Financial Definition of Budget Meaning of Budget A detailed schedule of financial activity, such as an advertising budget, a sales budget, or a capital budget. Synonyms of Budget […]

  • Local Government

    Local Government

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Local government Meaning of Local government Government confined to a certain locality. The autonomous government of a minor subdivision of a state or country, as opposed to the general government. […]

  • Regulation

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Regulation Meaning of Regulation A subordinate legislation enacted under statutory authority by a governmental body. A rule or order having force of law issued by executive authority of government . See […]

  • International Law

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of International Law Meaning of International Law The law or, more rightly, the customs and usages which govern the intercourse of nations. International law is of two kinds: (1) private international law , […]

  • Incorporation

    The formal act of creating a corporation by following the steps required by law.

  • County

    A geographical area composed of local or minor municipalities, established by authority for municipal purposes.

  • Civil Law

    Civil law in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of civil law. Civil Law in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a […]

  • Ordinance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ordinance Meaning of Ordinance A subordinate legislation promulgated with the authority of a properly established body of the government , such as a city or town. See Skalnik v Town of Sperry, (Okl.App.) […]

  • Revenue

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Revenue Meaning of Revenue return , profit , yield of land or other funds; income . The term is generally used to refer to income of a government . In this sense it means all the public money the […]

  • Rule of Law

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Rule of Law in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term rule of law into Spanish: imperio del derecho (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus Resources See Also […]

  • Commission

    An authority to do some act, such as the authority of an agent to enter into a contract or the authority of an officer to hold the office or title . An amount payable to an agent upon the agent performing the act contracted for. Usually expressed in terms of a percentage , but […]

  • Borough

    In the old sense of the word, borough is an ancient towne, holden of the king or any other lord, which sendeth burgesses to the parliament. Litt. § 164; Co. Litt. 109a. Many of these boroughs, however, having been disfranchised in moaern times, are now only […]

  • Borough

    In the old sense of the word, borough is an ancient towne, holden of the king or any other lord, which sendeth burgesses to the parliament. Litt. § 164; Co. Litt. 109a. Many of these boroughs, however, having been disfranchised in moaern times, are now only […]

  • Annexation

    Annexation

    (Lat. ad, to, nexwre, to bind). The union of one thing to another. It conveys the idea, properly, of fastening a smaller thing to a larger; an incident to a principal. It has been applied to denote the union of Texas to the United States. Actual annexation includes every movement by which […]

  • Annexation

    Annexation

    (Lat. ad, to, nexwre, to bind). The union of one thing to another. It conveys the idea, properly, of fastening a smaller thing to a larger; an incident to a principal. It has been applied to denote the union of Texas to the United States. Actual annexation includes every movement by which […]