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(law) Abbreviation of administration. [(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.]
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(law) Abbreviation of association. [(uncountable) The act of associating.]
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(law) Abbreviation of assemblyman. [A male member of an assembly.]
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(countable) One who assembles items.
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(chiefly US, politics, sometimes capitalized) Governance that consists of large-scale programs, numerous departments and employees, and that entails substantial spending, especially liberal or left-wing governance which emphasizes social entitlements and regulation, and that is considered intrusive by some citizens, especially by conservatives or right-wingers
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Abbreviation of chairman. [A person presiding over a meeting.]
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Abbreviation of civil. [(not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.]
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Abbreviation of company (often used as "& Co." (and company)) [A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.]
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Abbreviation of congressional delegation. Government-paid trips abroad, designed to give lawmakers first-hand knowledge of matters relevant to their legislation.
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(law) Abbreviation of delegate. [A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.]
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A degree that is almost always conferred as an honorary degree, usually to those who have distinguished themselves in areas other than science, government, literature or religion.
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(sometimes) Also a seventh region, the returns from which were collated into the Little Domesday Book.
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The highest ranking editor on an editorial staff.
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Alternative form of federal [(US) A law-enforcement official of the FBI]
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(archaic, England) Archaic spelling of government. [The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.]
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The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
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(law) Abbreviation of House of Representatives. [The lower house in the bicameral legislatures of several countries; also some singular legislative bodies in unicameral systems.]
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(India, politics) a department of a political party set up to promote the party and influence political discussion on social media
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A professional doctorate in law, and in some countries, a first professional graduate degree.
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Abbreviation of lecture. [A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.]
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(Canada) Abbreviation of legislature. [A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.]
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(Britain, Hong Kong) Acronym of Legislative Council, the unicameral legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
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(law) Abbreviation of legislative. [That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.]
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(law) Abbreviation of magistrate. [(law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.]
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(law) Abbreviation of partnership. [The state of being associated with a partner.]
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A book, held in a parish church, in which baptisms, marriages and burials are recorded.
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letters placed after a person's name to indicate that that the individual holds an academic degree, accreditation, office, military decoration, or honour, or that the individual is a member of a religious institute or fraternity
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Abbreviation of private docent. [(in German-speaking countries) An associate professor (in a university) who has obtained a doctorate, written a habilitation thesis and given a lecture in the hope of becoming a full professor.]
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(Canada) Electoral district or constituency.
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(countable, law) Abbreviation of Senator. [The title for someone who is elected to be a senator.]
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A period devoted to a particular activity, e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislative body (that together comprise the legislative term) whose individual meetings are also called sessions.
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(Canada) The Supreme Court of Canada.
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