disallowance

  • 11disallowance — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A refusal to allow: ban, forbiddance, inhibition, interdiction, prohibition, proscription, taboo. See ALLOW. 2. A turning down of a request: denial, refusal, rejection, turndown. See ACCEPT …

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  • 12disallowance — dis·al low·ance || ‚dɪsÉ™ laÊŠÉ™ns n. prohibition, ban, rejection …

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  • 14disallowance — /dɪsəˈlaʊəns/ (say disuh lowuhns) noun 1. a refusal to allow, or admit the validity of something. 2. Government the act of the governor general or a state governor in refusing a bill or in referring it back to the parliament with suggestions for… …

  • 15Loss Disallowance Rule - LDR — An Internal Revenue Service rule implemented in 1991 to prevent a consolidated group a business conglomerate filing a single tax return on behalf of its subsidiaries from taking a tax deduction for losses on the sale of a subsidiary s stock. The… …

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  • 16Separate Schools, New Brunswick —    C Public opinion aroused in Quebec, 73; Costigan and other Roman Catholic members from New Brunswick demand disallowance of bill against, 73 74; Macdonald and Cartier oppose disallowance, 74 76; question becomes an issue in Quebec elections,… …

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  • 17Canadian federalism — For the political ideology that favours Quebec remaining within the Canadian federation rather than pursuing independence, see Quebec federalist ideology. Canada This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Canada …

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  • 18prohibition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of forbidding Nouns prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance, disallowance, restriction (see restraint); veto, injunction, interdict[ion], proscription; preclusion, exclusion; embargo, ban, taboo, gag… …

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  • 19Jesuits' Estates Act —    Passed by the Mercier government in Quebec, 1888. Following the suppression of the Society of Jesus by the pope, in 1773, the property of the order in Canada became vested in the crown, and was set apart for purposes of education in the… …

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  • 20United Kingdom legislation — derives from a number of different sources. The United Kingdom does not have a single body of legislation, but is divided into three states, each with its own laws and legal system: England and Wales (English law), Scotland (Scots law), and… …

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