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  2. Requests and inquiries - Wikipedia

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    The information sought in the request generally pertains to the substantive matter under discussion, and therefore the request is distinct from a parliamentary inquiry, which requests information related to parliamentary procedure. If another member responds to the question, then any time he spends doing so is taken out of his allowed time.

  3. Objection to the consideration of a question - Wikipedia

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    According to Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure, the purpose of the objection to consideration is to bar from discussion or consideration "any matter that is considered irrelevant, contentious or unprofitable, or that, for any reason, is thought not advisable to discuss." [3]

  4. Major questions doctrine - Wikipedia

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    The narrower version of the major questions doctrine is as an exception to Chevron deference. Under Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council (1984), courts defer to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous provisions: First, always, is the question whether Congress has directly spoken to the precise question at issue.

  5. Normativity - Wikipedia

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    Normativity is the phenomenon in human societies of designating some actions or outcomes as good, desirable, or permissible, and others as bad, undesirable, or impermissible. A norm in this sense means a standard for evaluating or making judgments about behavior or outcomes.

  6. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    in good faith Implies sincere good intention regardless of outcome. / ˈ b oʊ n ə ˈ f aɪ d i / bona vacantia: ownerless goods cadit quaestio: the question falls Indicates that a settlement to a dispute or issue has been reached, and the issue is now resolved. casus belli: case of war The justification for acts of war. / ˈ k eɪ s ə s ˈ b ...

  7. Inquiry - Wikipedia

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    An inquiry (also spelled as enquiry in British English) [a] [b] is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem.A theory of inquiry is an account of the various types of inquiry and a treatment of the ways that each type of inquiry achieves its aim.

  8. Betteridge's law of headlines - Wikipedia

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    A 2018 study of 2,585 articles in four academic journals in the field of ecology similarly found that very few titles were posed as questions at all, with 1.82 percent being wh-questions and 2.15 percent being yes/no questions. Of the yes/no questions, 44 percent were answered "yes", 34 percent "maybe", and only 22 percent were answered "no".

  9. Access to public information in Europe - Wikipedia

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    However, even if the requested information or documents are sensitive and exceptions apply, some part of it could be released by public bodies on the ground of two factors. The first is the right of partial access according to which authorities have the duty of removing sensitive information and release the rest of the document.