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police force

police force : a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and order, enforcement of laws, and prevention and detection of crime

receiver

receiver 1 : an officer charged with receiving tax payments or returns and other related duties (as the maintenance of tax rolls) 2 : a person appointed by the court to hold in trust and administer property

REMIC

obligations and esp. collateralized mortgage obligations and receives favorable tax treatment by restricting its own investment to the maintenance of cash flow and reserves and to investment in properties acquired from foreclosure on the underlying mortgages called

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seaman

is navigating ships or who are connected with the ship and in some capacity assist in its conduct, maintenance or service. Source: FindLaw

Affect

Affect, The word 'affect' is a word of wide import and in the context in which it occurs, it must be construed to mean 'touch' or 'relate to' or 'concern'. The legislative intent, as manifest in...

Artisans

occupied by working men and their families, which were unfit for human habitation, and for the building and maintenance of better dwellings for them instead. As amended in 1874, the Act applied to the Metropolis except the

Drunkenness

may also be licensed by borough and county councils, which councils are also empowered to contribute to their maintenance. In such retreats habitual drunkards, voluntarily submitting themselves, may be detained compulsorily for not more than two years.

Consols

to persons who had lent money to the Government on the security of different taxes, or for the maintenance of different parts of the public service. See CONSOLIDATED FUND, and CONVERSION OF STOCK.

Documents (aircraft)

Documents (aircraft), means any certificate of registration, maintenance or airworthiness, log books and any similar document, Civil Aviation Act, 1982, s. 88(10) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of

Development

building or land, or planting of any tree on land and includes development. [Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002 (60 of 2002), s. 2(c)] Development with its grammatical variations means the carrying out of building,

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