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In enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts, the situation where a weak executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch or where the legislative branch concurs and approves something previously enacted by a strong executive branch.
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The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.
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(obsolete, criminal law) Principal.
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(plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
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Obsolete form of authority. [(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.]
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Obsolete form of authority. [(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.]
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(politics, derogatory) A political candidate who is under the control or influence of another person.
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(law, politics, chiefly US) In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate.
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(US politics, law) An act of Congress which extends the current governmental budget situation through allocation of further funds in the same manner as the current budget, to avoid a government shutdown due to lack of allocated funding.
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(international law) A state in alliance with another state.
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(obsolete) One who belongs to a council; one who gives an opinion.
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(historical) A member of a 13th-century school of interpretation of canon law that emphasized the decretals (letters issued by the Popes on matters of church discipline) in preference to the Decretum Gratiani (1141), which their rivals, the decretists, favoured.
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A representative at a conference, etc.
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A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
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(law) In United States law, jurisdiction of a federal court over a cause of action arising from all parties being from different U.S. states.
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(Australian politics) A question asked of a minister by a member of their own party, to give the minister the opportunity to promote the government's work, criticise the opposition, etc.
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A decision by a group or person with executive powers.
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(law, chiefly US) An ordinance issued on the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.
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An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
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The supreme constitutional court of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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(US, law) The authority that a United States federal court has to hear a cause of action brought under the United States Constitution or federal statutes.
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(law) The second term of the legal year, running from January to March or April, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.
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(government, UK) A parliamentary bill that combines the characteristics of a private bill and a public bill.
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(law, rare) Of or relating to the actions made by those in positions of authority; in the exercise of executive power.
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The realm or sphere of judges.
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Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
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Obsolete spelling of judicial [Of or relating to the administration of justice.]
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Of or pertaining to matters of law and justice or the office of a judge.
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The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
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(law) The theoretical study of law.
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The theory of law, or its study.
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Rule or government by the judiciary or court system.
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(Christian, theology, obsolete) Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
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(Christianity, biblical) the commandments in the Books of Moses, seen as transcended by Christ
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One who provides laws to a society.
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(law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
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The realm or sphere of lawyers.
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The power of an executive in government to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually budget appropriations, without vetoing the entire legislative package.
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(US, politics) Two members of Congress who would have otherwise cast opposing votes, but who form an agreement whereby one announces the couple is a live pair and registers his or her own vote as present rather than for or against. Although not recognized or recorded in vote tallies, the effect is to allow the other member to be absent without affecting the outcome of the vote.
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(politics) The refusal by the legislature of a parliamentary democracy to provide the government with funding required for the government to continue to function, forcing either the resignation of the sitting government (and the formation of a new government), or else the dissolution of the legislature and the calling of a general election.
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mandamento (former type of Italian administrative district; territory ruled by a praetor)
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The act of one who ministers; ministration.
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An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.
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(US politics) The effect that a candidate for the corresponding political office (especially the office of President of the United States) can have on a close political election, when their candidacy results in the election being won by a candidate dissimilar to them, rather than a candidate similar to them.
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Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
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In some Commonwealth parliamentary systems, a legally-enforceable decree by the executive branch of a government.
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The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
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(UK politics) The exchange of proposed amendments between the two Houses of Parliament, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available.
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A sovereign's solemn decree on a matter of primary importance, having the force of law.
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(law) An expert in legal procedures
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Alternative spelling of proprætor
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The rules of conduct of a diplomat.
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(informal) A member of the Provisional IRA.
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Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.
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(politics, law) Input given by the public to governmental (or rarely other) bodies, about proposed legislation or regulation(s), during a period—and by means—set aside and prescribed by law.
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To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
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One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity.
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One who is represented by another.
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(law) legislation enacted by a power derived from another legislation, such as one made by the executive branch within the boundaries fixed by an act of parliament.
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(law, ecclesiastical law, historical) The lay or temporal authority of a secular judge to pronounce punishment (particularly capital punishment) of an offender tried by an ecclesiastical court.
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(law) The states of the United States, collectively.
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(obsolete, intransitive) To exercise dominion; to seigniorize.
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(law) A legal doctrine by which the sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution.
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(Australia, New Zealand, UK, law) A body set up by law which is authorised to enforce legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state.
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(figuratively) Any absolutist order or arrogant proclamation
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(international law) A principle whereby a state claims legal jurisdiction over persons whose alleged crimes were committed outside the boundaries of the prosecuting state, regardless of the accused's nationality, country of residence, or other relationship with the prosecuting country.
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