A draft administrative regulation that is circulated among interested parties for comment. — Abbr. prop. reg. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 392. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 103, 105.]
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Proposed Regulation 〈美〉条例(或规章)草案 指先以建议形式公布的行政条例或规章，待征求各有关方面意见后再最后确定。
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regulation, n. 1. The act or process of controlling by rule or restriction (the federal regulation of the airline industry). 2. BYLAW(1) (the CEO referred to the corporate regulation). 3. A rule or order, having legal force, usu. issued by an administrative agency (Treasury regulations explain and interpret the Internal Revenue Code). — Abbr. reg;
rulemaking, n. The process used by an administrative agency to formulate, amend, or repeal a rule or regulation. — Also termed administrative rulemaking. Cf. ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION; INFORMAL AGENCY ACTION. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 381–427. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 87–114.] — rulemaking, adj. formal rulemaking. Agency rulemaking that, when required by statute
Agency rulemaking in which the agency publishes a proposed regulation and receives public comments on the regulation, after which the regulation can take effect without the necessity of a formal hearing on the record. • Informal rulemaking is the most common procedure followed by an agency in issuing its substantive rules. — Also termed notice-and-comment
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promulgate (pr[schwa]-m[schwa]l-gayt orprom-[schwa]l-gayt), vb. 1. To declare or announce publicly; to proclaim. 2. To put (a law or decree) into force or effect. 3. (Of an administrative agency) to carry out the formal process of rulemaking by publishing the proposed regulation, inviting public comments, and approving or rejecting the proposal. — promulgation (prom-[ schwa]l-gay-sh[schwa]n or
notice-and-comment period. Administrative law. The statutory time frame during which an administrative agency publishes a proposed regulation and receives public comment on the regulation. • The regulation cannot take effect until after this period expires. — Often shortened to comment period. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 394, 395. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§
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Federal Register. A daily publication containing presidential proclamations and executive orders, federal-agency regulations of general applicability and legal effect, proposed agency rules, and documents required by law to be published. • The Federal Register is published by the National Archives and Records Administration. — Abbr. Fed. Reg. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 407. C.J.S. Public
opposition. 1. Patents. An action or procedure by which a third party can request a patent application’s refusal or an issued patent’s annulment. • Most countries allow opposition in some form. 2. Trademarks. A procedure by which a third party can contest an application to place a proposed trademark on the Principal Register before the
hardship. 1. Privation; suffering or adversity. 2. The severity with which a proposed construction of law would bear on a particular case, sometimes forming a basis (also known as an argument ab inconvenienti) against the construction. See AB INCONVENIENTI; HARD CASE. [Cases: Statutes 181(2). C.J.S. Statutes § 318.] 3. Family law. A condition that makes