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groovy

Very pleasant or very enjoyable marvelous wonderful excellent expressing strong approval usually of enjoyable experiences

Enactment

The passing of a bill into a law the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law

plea bargain

the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. It usually involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one or some of

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sale

them primarily for use with the option to return them if they do not meet his or her approval even though they conform to contract sale or return : a conditional sale whose completion depends on acceptance

priority action

which an examining attorney sets forth specific requirements that the applicant must meet before an application can be approved for publication. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

red herring

the main issue, diversion] : a preliminary prospectus (as for the sale of securities) that is not yet approved by the appropriate body (as the Securities and Exchange Commission)

render

render 1 : to transmit to another : deliver 2 : to furnish for consideration, approval, or information: as a : hand down [ a judgment] b : to agree on and report (a

reorganization

being reorganized 2 a : the rehabilitation of the finances of a business in accordance with a plan approved by a bankruptcy court under the provisions of chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code b : any of

respite

respite in the civil law of Louisiana : a judicially approved or enforced agreement that provides a debtor with time or a delay for the payment of creditors

right

to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b : something that is morally just [able to distinguish from wrong] 2 : something to which one

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