emergency circumstance
1emergency — Any occurrence or circumstance listed below which, in the opinion of the Exchange, requires immediate action and threatens or may threaten such things as the fair and orderly trading in, or the liquidation of, or delivery pursuant to, any… …
2Circumstance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Circumstance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 circumstance circumstance situation phase position posture attitude place point Sgm: N 1 terms terms Sgm: N 1 regime regime Sg …
3emergency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. juncture, crisis; exigency, necessity, pinch, extremity. See circumstance, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. accident, crisis, unforeseen occurrence, strait(s), urgency, exigency, contingency,… …
4circumstance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Concomitant condition Nouns 1. circumstance, situation, condition, case, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, environment; footing, standing, status, state; occasion, eventuality, juncture,… …
5circumstance — n 1. detail, fact, factor, particular, point, item, element; feature, aspect, respect; part, attribute, accessory. 2. incident, occurrence, happening, event, instance, occasion, phenomenon, incidence; adventure, affair, case, episode; eventuality …
6emergency — n exigency, crisis, urgency, juncture, conjuncture, extremity, pinch; accident, contingency; unforeseen circumstance, befalling; fix, mess, bind, Inf. pickle, Inf. stew; All Inf. hole, clutch, crunch, tight squeeze; straits, pass, difficulty, hot …
7State of emergency — For other uses, see State of emergency (disambiguation). A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend some normal functions of the executive, legislative and judicial powers, alert citizens to change their normal behaviours …
8Oklahoma Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act — Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act Full title Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act Enacted by the 49th Oklahoma Legislature Effective May 29, 2003 …
9Exigent circumstance — An exigent circumstance, in the American law of criminal procedure, allows law enforcement to enter a structure without a warrant, or if they have a knock and announce warrant, without knocking and waiting for refusal under certain circumstances …
10Bill S-220 An Act to Protect Heritage Lighthouses — An Act To Protect Heritage Lighthouses, officially known as Bill S 215, is a federal act to designate and preserve historically significant Canadian lighthouses. It was passed by the Canadian Parliament in May 2008. The bill will designate… …
