Food and Drug Administration. A division of the U.S. Public Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for ensuring that food is safe, pure, and wholesome; that human and animal drugs, biological products, and medical devices are safe and effective; and that certain other products, such as electronic products that emit […]
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The statutory criminal offense of either (1) willfully infringing a copyright to obtain a commercial advantage or financial gain (17 USCA § 506; 18 USCA § 2319), or (2) trafficking in goods or services that bear a counterfeit mark (18 USCA § 2320). • Under the second category, the law imposes criminal penalties if the
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lex Sempronia (leks sem-proh-nee-[schwa]). [Latin] Roman law. A law of 122 B.C. transferring the duty of jury service from the senators to the equestrians (knights). • The control of the juries in the quaestiones perpetuae, particularly in extortion (repetundae) trials, was one of the key areas of political conflict in the late Republic.
aedile (ee-dIl).Roman law. A magistrate charged with policing the city, managing public buildings and services, supervising markets, and arranging public games. — Also spelled edile.
Crown Prosecutor 〈英〉公诉人；检察官 由公诉署长〔Director of Public Prosecutions〕任命的作为刑事起诉署成员的事务律师或出庭律师。 (→Crown Prosecution Service)
health. 1. The state of being sound or whole in body, mind, or soul. 2. Freedom from pain or sickness. public health. 1. The health of the community at large. 2. The healthful or sanitary condition of the general body of people or the community en masse; esp., the methods of maintaining the health of
bona castrensia et quasi castrensia (boh-n[schwa] ka-stren-shee-[schwa] et kway-sI [orkway-zI] ka-stren-shee-[schwa]). [Latin “goods acquired for military or quasi-military (i.e., public) service”] Roman law. The property that a son could dispose of, by testament or otherwise, without his paterfamilias’s consent. See PATERFAMILIAS.
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National Archives and Records Administration. An independent federal agency that sets procedures for managing governmental records; helps federal agencies manage their records; provides record-storage access; and manages the Presidential Libraries system. • The agency is run by the Archivist of the United States. It publishes the United States Statutes at Large, the Federal Register, the
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Merit Systems Protection Board. The independent federal agency that oversees personnel practices of the federal government and hears and decides appeals from adverse personnel actions taken against federal employees. • It has five regional offices and five field offices. Its functions were transferred from the former Civil Service Commission under Reorganization Plan No. 2 of
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. An agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responsible for evaluating the impact on public health of the release of hazardous substances into the environment, for maintaining a registry of contaminated waste sites, and for conducting research on the effects of hazardous substances on human
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