Category: Government

  • Federal Trade Commission

    Federal Trade Commission in the United States See: Federal Trade Commission 2 Origins This American Commission was created by Act of the U.S. Congress, approved Sept. 26 1914, for the prevention of unfair methods of competition in commerce. It is composed of five […]

  • Immigration And Naturalization Service

    Immigration And Naturalization Service in United States Immigration And Naturalization Service Definition Ins in this legal EncyclopediaImmigration And Naturalization Service definition in the Law Dictionary Immigration And Naturalization Service in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias […]

  • Construction

    Construction in United States Construction Definition (Lat. construere, to put together). In practice. Determining the meaning and application as to the case in question of the provisions of a constitution, statute, will, or other instrument, or of an oral agreement. Drawing […]

  • Apportionment

    Apportionment in United States Apportionment Definition The division or distribution of a subject-matter in proportionate parts. Co. Litt. 147; 1 Swanst. 37, note; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. 475a. Of Contracts. The allowance, in case of the partial performance of a contract, of a proportionate […]

  • Government Printing Office

    Government Printing Office in the United States The U.S. Government Printing Office has traditionally published on paper the U.S. Supreme Court decisions, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations and much else, and distributed them to the elaborate system of 1400 depository […]

  • Federal Financing Bank

    Federal Financing Bank in the United States Federal Financing Bank (FFB) in the Federal Budget Process Meaning of Federal Financing Bank in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): A government corporation created by the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973 under the […]

  • Executive Branch

    Executive Branch in the United States Introduction to Executive Branch At a time when all the major European states had hereditary monarchs, the idea of a president with a limited term of office was itself revolutionary. The Constitution vests the executive power in the president. It also […]

  • Credit Reform

    Credit Reform in the United States Credit Reform in the Federal Budget Process Meaning of Credit Reform in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): The method of controlling and accounting for credit programs in the federal budget after fiscal year 1991. The Federal […]

  • Government Procurement

    Government Procurement in the United States Trade Relations with the European Union Both U.S. and European governments buy a broad range of goods and services from private sector businesses, which leads to job-supporting opportunities for industries that provide information technology goods, […]

  • Government Procurement

    Government Procurement in the United States Trade Relations with the European Union Both U.S. and European governments buy a broad range of goods and services from private sector businesses, which leads to job-supporting opportunities for industries that provide information technology goods, […]

  • Regulation

    Regulation in United States Plain-English Law Regulation as defined by Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (p. 437-455):A law issued by a state or federal administrative agency for the purpose of implementing and enforcing a statute Citation Notes State codes of regulation are often […]

  • Regulation

    Regulation in United States Plain-English Law Regulation as defined by Nolo’s Encyclopedia of Everyday Law (p. 437-455):A law issued by a state or federal administrative agency for the purpose of implementing and enforcing a statute Citation Notes State codes of regulation are often […]

  • Estate Tax

    Estate Tax in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A federal or state excise tax, usually levied on a graduated basis, on the right to transfer property from the dead to the living. It includes transfers taking effect at death and […]

  • Supreme Court

    Supreme Court in the United States Supreme Court in the Context of Law Research The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Library defined briefly Supreme Court as: (1) The court of last resort in the federal judicial system (the Supreme Court of the United States also has original jurisdiction in […]

  • Supreme Court

    Supreme Court in the United States Supreme Court in the Context of Law Research The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Library defined briefly Supreme Court as: (1) The court of last resort in the federal judicial system (the Supreme Court of the United States also has original jurisdiction in […]