Commitment in United States
Commitment Definition
In practice. The warrant or order by which a court or magistrate directs a ministerial officer to take a person to prison. See 1 Mete. (Mass.) 504. The act of sending a person to prison by means of such a warrant or order. 9 N. H. 204; 203 111. 262.
Commitment in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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Commitment | Commitment in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
Commitment | Commitment in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
Commitment | Commitment in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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Commitment | Commitment in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
Commitment | Commitment in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
In practice. The warrant or order by which a court or magistrate directs a ministerial officer to take a person to prison. See 1 Mete. (Mass.) 504. The act of sending a person to prison by means of such a warrant or order. 9 N. H. 204; 203 111. 262.
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This definition of Commitment is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
Conflict of Commitment
Commitment in the Federal Budget Process
Meaning of Commitment in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): An administrative reservation of allotted funds, or of other funds, in anticipation of their obligation. For federal proprietary accounting, a commitment may also manifest an intent to expend assets (e.g., to provide government social insurance benefits). See Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) No. 25, Basis for Conclusions, para. 8, and SFFAS No. 17, Basis for Conclusions, paras. 65 and 94. (See also Allotment; Loan Guarantee Commitment under Federal Credit; Obligation.)
Resources
See Also
- Federal Appropriations
- Entries about the United States Budget Process in the Encyclopedia (including Commitment)
- Public Debt
Further Reading
- Legislatures and the budget process: the myth of fiscal control
(J Wehner, 2010)
- Reconcilable Differences?: Congress, the Budget Process, and the Deficit (JB Gilmour, 1990)
- Fiscal institutions and fiscal performance
(JM Poterba, J von Hagen, 2008)
Firm Commitment in the context of Real Estate
Resurces
See Also
- Commitment (2); Conditional Commitment
Suspended Commitment in Juvenile Law
In this context, Suspended Commitment information is available through this American legal Encyclopedia.
Indeterminate commitment in Juvenile Law
In this context, Indeterminate commitment information is available through this American legal Encyclopedia.
Commitment in Juvenile Law
In this context, Commitment information is available through this American legal Encyclopedia.
Determinate commitment in Juvenile Law
In this context, Determinate commitment information is available through this American legal Encyclopedia.
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