public vessel
A vessel owned and used by a nation or government for its public service, whether in its navy, its revenue service, or otherwise. See PUBLIC VESSELS ACT. [Cases: United States 125(11). C.J.S. United States §§ 236–239.]
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department of public welfare
department of public welfare. A state-government agency that administers public-assistance programs of all types, such as food stamps and housing vouchers. • In many communities, this department is now called the Department of Human Services or Department of Social Services. — Abbr. DPW.
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quasi public corporation
A for-profit corporation providing an essential public service. • An example is an electric company or other utility.
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competitive civil service examination
competitive civil-service examination. A test designed to evaluate a person’s qualifications for a civil-service position. • This type of examination may be open to all those seeking civil-service employment, or it may be restricted to those civil servants seeking a promotion. See CIVIL SERVICE. [Cases: Officers and Public Em-ployees 11. 3. C.J.S. Officers and Public
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public accommodation
A business that provides lodging, food, entertainment, or other services to the public; esp. (as defined by the Civil Rights Act of 1964), one that affects interstate commerce or is supported by state action. [Cases: Civil Rights 1043. C.J.S. Civil Rights § 23.]
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service corporation
service corporation 服务公司(→public service corporation)
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civil service commission
Civil Service Commission. A former independent federal agency that supervised the government’s personnel system. • The agency was created in 1883 and abolished by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978. Its functions were transferred to the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Personnel Management. See MERIT SYS-TEMS PROTECTION BOARD; OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
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federal parent locator service
Federal Parent Locator Service. A federal program created to help enforce child-support obligations. • In an effort to increase the collection of child support, Congress authorized the use of all information contained in the various federal databases to help locate absent, delinquent child-support obligors. Although initially information could be released only if the family was
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service company
service company 服务公司 依据与财产的所有人或占有人订立的合同而对该财产提供维修等服务的公司。 (→public service corporation; service organization)
service
service, n. 1. The formal delivery of a writ, summons, or other legal process ( after three attempts, service still had not been accomplished). — Also termed service of process. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 411–518; Process 48–150. C.J.S. Process §§ 26–91.] 2. The formal delivery of some other legal notice, such as a pleading (be