Adoption and Safe Families Act. A 1997 federal law that requires states to provide safe and permanent homes for abused and neglected children within shorter periods than those required by earlier state and federal laws. • The primary focus is on the safety and well-being of the child, in contrast to previously paramount rights of […]
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quasi-judicial, adj. Of, relating to, or involving an executive or administrative official’s adjudicative acts. • Quasi-judicial acts, which are valid if there is no abuse of discretion, often determine the fundamental rights of citizens. They are subject to review by courts. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 108. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 10–11.]
The rule that a defendant can assert the attorney–client privilege to protect a confidential communication made to a codefendant’s lawyer if the communication was related to the defense of both defendants. — Also termed common-interest doctrine. [Cases: Witnesses 199(2). C.J.S. Witnesses § 325.]
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Department of Social Services. See CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. — Abbr. DSS.
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bill of information. 1. INFORMATION. 2. Hist. A civil suit begun by the Crown or by those under its protection, such as a charity.
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letter of license. English law. An agreement signed by all the creditors of a financially troubled business that does the following: (1) grants the debtor more time to pay debts, (2) permits the debtor to continue business in the hope of overcoming its financial distress, and (3) protects the debtor from arrest, lawsuit, or other
concilium plebis (k[schwa]n-sil-ee-[schwa]m plee-bis). [Latin “assembly of the people”] Roman law. An assembly of the plebs gathered together to enact legislation. — Often shortened to concilium. See PLEBISCITUM. Cf. comitia tributa under COMITIA. “Legislation was carried on to some extent by the Comitia Tributa and in an increasing degree by the assembly of the plebs
Veterans’ Employment and Training Service. A unit in the U.S. Department of Labor responsible for administering various programs relating to veterans’ employment and training. • The agency protects the reemployment rights of veterans and the employment and retention rights of members of the Reserve and National Guard. Its regional administrators work with state employment-security agencies
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