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Omnibus bill, a single legislative document containing many laws or amendments; Omnibus claim, a patent claim which does not explicitly state any technical features of the product or process; Omnibus clause; Omnibus hearing; Omnibus issue, in philately; Omnibus law (Serbia), a Serbian law regarding Vojvodina; Omnibus progression, a type of ...
The motto is derived from a sentence in Cicero's most influential philosophical work, his treatise On Duties (Latin: De Officiis).In full, Cicero writes, "non nobis solum nati sumus ortusque nostri partem patria vindicat, partem amici" ("Not for us alone are we born; our country, our friends, have a share in us"; De Officiis, 1:22).
An omnibus spending bill is a type of bill in the United States that packages many of the smaller ordinary appropriations bills into one larger single bill that can ...
The complete phrase is "de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum" ("when we talk about tastes and colours there is nothing to be disputed"). Probably of Scholastic origin; see Wiktionary. de integro: again, a second time: de jure: by law "Official", in contrast with de facto; analogous to "in principle", whereas de facto is to "in practice ...
omnibus idem: the same to all: motto of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, usually accompanied by a sun, which shines for (almost) everyone omnibus locis fit caedes: There is slaughter everywhere (in every place) Julius Caesar's The Gallic War, 7.67: omnis traductor traditor: every translator is a traitor
Omnibus was created by the Ford Foundation, which sought to increase the education level of the American public. The show was conceived by James Webb Young who hired Robert Saudek as producer. Saudek believed that Omnibus could "raise the level of American taste" with educational entertainment. [1] [3] [4]
An omnibus edition or omnibus is a book containing multiple creative works by the same or, more rarely, different authors.Commonly two or more of the works have been previously published as books, but a collection of shorter works, or shorter works collected with one previous book, may also be known as an omnibus.
In philately, an omnibus issue is an issue of stamps by several countries with a common subject and which may share a uniform design. Omnibus issues have often been made by countries under common political control or groups of colonies due to the close co-operation required to produce the issue.