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English: US government example for Goodman's new riddle of induction, also showing the "projectability" of predicates being context-dependent. (1) During the period 30 Apr 1789 to 4 Mar 1797, the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces can be described either as "George Washington" or as President of the United States.
Term Description Examples Autocracy: Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection).
Resolutions are often preceded by "Whereas..." clauses that express reasons or justifications for the ensuing resolution. In law, a resolution is a motion, often in writing [note 1], which has been adopted by a deliberative body (such as a corporations' board and or the house of a legislature). An alternate term for a resolution is a resolve.
This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation.
The customary method by which agencies of the United States government are created, abolished, consolidated, or divided is through an act of Congress. [2] The presidential reorganization authority essentially delegates these powers to the president for a defined period of time, permitting the President to take those actions by decree. [3]
Public Laws [2]; Date Subject Matter Title Chapter Legal Citation (link to full text)1: February 8, 1790: Laws of the United States, giving effect to, in North Carolina. An Act for giving effect to the several acts therein mentioned, in respect to the state of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
Some of the major points that were addressed in the resolutions are as follows: Canada will have a strong central government (federal government), the central government is to be responsible for the legislation of peace, order and good government, provinces will have defined powers and will be accountable for handling local affairs and social ...
The Resolution Trust Corporation was established in 1989 by the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), and it was overhauled in 1991. [3] In addition to privatizing, and maximizing the recovery from the disposition of, the assets of failed S&Ls, FIRREA also included three specific goals designed to channel the resources of the RTC toward particular societal groups.