express legislative authority
1authority — au·thor·i·ty n pl ties 1: an official decision of a court used esp. as a precedent 2 a: a power to act esp. over others that derives from status, position, or office the authority of the president; also: jurisdiction b: the power to act …
2PUBLIC AUTHORITY — PUBLIC AUTHORITY, in the context of this article, a term referring to an authoritative body composed of representatives of the public – whether appointed or elected by the latter – and entrusted with the duty and power to arrange various matters… …
3United States security assistance to the Palestinian Authority — (PA) has been provided since the Palestinian Authority was established by the Oslo Accords in the mid 1990s. The security assistance was given on an ad hoc basis and often covert at the outset. Since 2005 the U.S. State Department has… …
4Cho Man Kit v Broadcasting Authority — (Chinese: 《曹文傑訴廣管局》 or 《曹文傑訴廣播事務管理局》) was a controversial Hong Kong High Court case involving a homosexual discriminatory admonition, criticising a TV documentary, issued by the Broadcasting Authority. Controversies related to free speech and… …
5Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement — The Prescriptive authority for psychologists (RxP) movement is a political effort to give prescriptive authority to clinical psychologists, enabling them to prescribe psychotropic medications to treat mental and emotional disorders. Prior to RxP… …
6Transdominion Express — (TDX) is a proposed passenger rail transportation project in Virginia in the United States.The service, which is under study, would connect with existing and planned high speed rail corridors, and compliment existing intercity and commuter… …
7prior — I /prayar/ The former; earlier; preceding; preferable or preferred II noun The chief of a convent; next in dignity to an abbot III adj Earlier; elder; preceding; superior in rank, right, or time; as, a prior lien, mortgage, or judgment @ prior… …
8Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program — Congressional inquiries and investigations Three days after news broke about the Terrorist Surveillance Program, a bipartisan group of Senators Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California, Carl Levin of Michigan, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republicans… …
9cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …
10Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… …
