Federal Housing Administration. The HUD division that encourages mortgage lending by insuring mortgage loans on homes meeting the agency’s standards. — Abbr. FHA. See DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. [Cases: United States 82(3.3).]
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propaganda. Int’l law. 1. The systematic dissemination of doctrine, rumor, or selected information to promote or injure a particular doctrine, view, or cause. 2. The ideas or information so disseminated. • The word propaganda originated as an abbreviated form of Congregatio de propaganda fide, a committee (of cardinals) for propagating the (Christian) faith. defamatory propaganda.
Uniform Health-Care Decision Act. A 1993 model statute that facilitates and encourages the making of advance directives. — Abbr. UHCDA. See ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ; LIVING WILL.
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sustain, vb. 1. To support or maintain, esp. over a long period (enough oxygen to sustain life). 2. To nourish and encourage; lend strength to (she helped sustain the criminal enterprise). 3. To undergo; suffer (Charles sustained third-degree burns). 4. (Of a court) to uphold or rule in favor of (objection sustained). 5. To substantiate
plain-language movement. 1. The loosely organized campaign to encourage legal writers and business writers to write clearly and concisely — without legalese — while preserving accuracy and precision. 2. The body of persons involved in this campaign.
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An accessory who assists or encourages another to commit a crime but who is not present when the offense is actually committed. • Most jurisdictions have abolished this category of accessory and instead treat such an offender as an accomplice. — Sometimes shortened to accessory before. See ACCOMPLICE. [Cases: Criminal Law 68, 81. C.J.S. Criminal
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Probate designed to operate with minimal input and supervision of the probate court. • Most modern probate codes encourage this type of administration, with an independent personal representative. — Also termed independent probate. Cf. independent executor under EXECUTOR. [Cases: Executors and Administrators 3(1). C.J.S. Executors and Administrators §§ 7, 9–10.]
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. An independent federal foundation that encourages and supports progress in the humanities and the arts by supporting the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. • The agency was created by act of Congress in
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abet ([schwa]-bet), vb. 1. To aid, encourage, or assist (someone), esp. in the commission of a crime (abet a known felon). 2. To support (a crime) by active assistance (abet a burglary). See AID AND ABET. Cf. INCITE. [Cases: Criminal Law 59(5). C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 133, 135, 998–999.] — abetment, n.