Walsh Act. A statute, originally enacted in 1926, giving federal courts the power to subpoena and compel the return, testimony, and (if requested) production of documents or other items of U.S. citizens or residents who are abroad. • The subpoena is available for criminal proceedings, including grand-jury proceedings. 28 USCA § 1783.
Walsh-Healey Act 〈美〉《华尔示-黑利法》 1936年制定的联邦法律，规定了最低工资待遇、严格8小时工作日及周40小时工作制、不得僱佣18岁以下女工和16岁以下男工、工作环境的安全卫生等。
Walsh–Healey Act. A federal law, enacted in 1936, stipulating that government contractors must: (1) pay their workers no less than the prevailing minimum wage; (2) observe the eight-hour day and 40-hour workweek (with time-and-a-half for work exceeding those hours); (3) employ no convict labor and no females under 18 or males under 16 years of
deforce, vb. 1. To keep (lands) from the true owner by means of force. 2. To oust another from possession by means of force. 3. To detain (a creditor’s money) unjustly and forcibly. — deforciant, n. “The character of the action of debt is well illustrated by the form of the writ as given by