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41Health legislation — Basic terms The terms legislation and law are used to refer generically to statutes, regulation and other legal instruments (e.g. ministerial decrees) that may be the forms of law used in a particular country.In general, there are a wide range of …
42National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 — The National Capital Revitalization and Self Government Improvement Act of 1997, also known as the Revitalization Act, was enacted on August 5, 1997, with provisions to reform the criminal justice system in Washington, D.C..[1] The act was… …
43home rule — n: self government or limited autonomy in internal affairs by a dependent political unit (as a territory or municipality); also: the political theory or principle of self government Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. home …
44independence — n 1. self government, self direction, self rule, self legislation, self determination; freedom, liberty, autonomy, sovereignty. 2. liberation, emancipation, manumission, disen thrallment, decolonization; release, relief from, riddance from;… …
45autonomy — n independence, freedom, liberty, self determination, self direction; self government, self rule, home rule, self legislation; allodium, self governing community …
46Kant, Immanuel — (1724–1804) German philosopher and founder of critical philosophy. The son of a saddler, Kant was born and educated in Königsberg (Kaliningrad) in East Prussia. After leaving the university he spent a number of years in private tutoring, but… …
47autonomy — n. Self government, independence, self legislation …
48liberty — While the protection of the liberties of the subject is one of the main aims (and boasts) of almost all constitutions, there is less consensus about what those liberties include, or when liberty (good) becomes licence (bad). The problem is to… …
49United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
50United 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… …
