the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration, Government public administration.
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Trust busting
(law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws)
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the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration, Government public administration.the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration, Government public administration.the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration, Government public administration.the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration, Government public administration.the act of making or enacting laws
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration, Government public administration.the act of making or enacting laws
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration, Government public administration.the act of making or enacting laws
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration, Government public administration.government that is inefficient or dishonest
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration, Government public administration.government that is inefficient or dishonest
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration, Government public administration.an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration.an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration.an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration.an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration.an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration.an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tenn…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, Executive government, Public administration.a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill"
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Politics and government.a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill"
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Politics and government.
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To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the Unit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of Eng…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of Eng…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an inde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.In a corporate capacity; acting as a corporate body.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: government, activities, seeking, dissolve, corporate.
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