affirmative representation

  • 1affirmative representation — A positive allegation of a fact as presently existing. 29 Am J Rev ed. Ins § 698 …

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  • 2affirmative action — n: an active effort (as through legislation) to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups or women Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. affirmative action …

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  • 3affirmative action — affirmative action, adj. the encouragement of increased representation of women and minority group members, esp. in employment. [1960 65] * * * In the U.S., the effort to improve the employment and educational opportunities of women and members… …

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  • 4Affirmative action — For the history and implementation of affirmative action in the U.S., see Affirmative action in the United States. Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national… …

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  • 5Affirmative Action — A policy in which an individual s color, race, sex, religion or national origin are taken into account by a business or the government in order to increase the opportunities provided to an underrepresented part of society. Affirmative action is… …

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  • 6affirmative action — encouragement of increased representation of women and minorities in employment (or universities, etc.) …

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  • 7FONCTIONS ANALYTIQUES - Représentation conforme — La représentation conforme la plus anciennement connue est la projection stéréographique, inventée par les Grecs (Hipparque, Ptolémée). Les problèmes cartographiques conduisirent à la découverte d’autres applications conservant les angles d’un… …

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  • 8false representation — For purposes of the common law tort of fraudulent misrepresentation, such may be either an affirmative misrepresentation or a failure to disclose a material fact when a duty to disclose that fact has arisen. Rothenberg v. Aero Mayflower Transit… …

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  • 9false representation — For purposes of the common law tort of fraudulent misrepresentation, such may be either an affirmative misrepresentation or a failure to disclose a material fact when a duty to disclose that fact has arisen. Rothenberg v. Aero Mayflower Transit… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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