kickback
kickback, n. A return of a portion of a monetary sum received, esp. as a result of coercion or a secret agreement (the contractor paid the city official a 5% kickback on the government contract). — Also termed payoff. Cf. BRIBERY.
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 〈美〉《1787年西北地区法令》 这是邦联国会〔Confederation Congress〕于美国宪法批准前为治理西北地区〔Northwest Territory〕而制定的一项法令。该法令确立的一项基本先例就是美国大陆地区最终可以州〔states〕被承认加入联盟〔Union〕，它也包括一项计划，即如果这些地区到达一定人口且通过了采纳政府共和体制〔Republic form of Government〕的宪法，就可申请成为州。同时，该法令也是包含具体权利以限制政府权力的第一项国家法律，它包括有《权利法案》〔Bill of Rights〕中诸多相似规定，如由陪审团审判，禁止酷刑和非常刑〔unusual punishment〕等；它也有包括合同条款〔Contract Clause〕的前身以及禁止该地区及其由此形成的州蓄奴〔slavery〕和非自愿奴役存在的规定。
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policy
policy. 1. The general principles by which a government is guided in its management of public affairs. See PUBLIC POLICY. 2. A document containing a contract of insurance; INSURANCE POLICY. [Cases: Insurance 1712–1713. C.J.S. Insurance §§ 253, 255, 261, 272, 282–283, 285.] 3. A type of lottery in which bettors select numbers to bet on
change order
change order. 1. A modification of a previously ordered item or service. 2. A directive issued by the federal government to a contractor to alter the specifications of an item the contractor is producing for the government. [Cases: United States 70(25.1).]
administrative law
administrative law. The law governing the organization and operation of administrative agencies (including executive and independent agencies) and the relations of administrative agencies with the legislature, the execu-tive, the judiciary, and the public. • Administrative law is divided into three parts: (1) the statutes endowing agencies with powers and establishing rules of substantive law relating
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suspect classification
Constitutional law. A statutory classification based on race, national origin, or alienage, and thereby subject to strict scrutiny under equal-protection analysis. • Examples of laws creating suspect classifications are those permitting only U.S. citizens to receive welfare benefits and setting quotas for the government’s hiring of minority contractors. See STRICT SCRUTINY. Cf. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT. [Cases:
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economic substantive due process
The doctrine that certain social policies, such as the freedom of contract or the right to enjoy property without interference by government regulation, exist in the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment, particularly in the words “liberty” and “property.”
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financial deregulation
The lessening of governmental oversight and intervention in the business of financial institutions. • Among other effects, regulation of financial contracts is relaxed and competition for depositors and borrowers increases.
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public wrong
An offense committed against the state or the community at large, and dealt with in a proceeding to which the state is itself a party. • Not all public wrongs are crimes. For example, a person that breaches a contract with the government commits a public wrong, but the offense is a civil one, not
personal treaty
Hist. A treaty relating exclusively to the contracting sovereign as a person. • Examples of personal treaties are family alliances and treaties guaranteeing the throne to a particular sovereign and his or her family. With the advent of constitutional government in Europe,