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individuals with disabilities in education act (idea)
individuals with disabilities in education act (idea) A federal law that guarantees the right to a free and appropriate education to disabled students. The IDEA typically requires an individualized education
protect
against encroachment, infringement, restriction, or violation : maintain the status or integrity of esp. through legal or constitutional guarantees [ a work against copyright infringement] [the First Amendment s speech] 3 : to restrict competition for (as
privilege
over the debtor's other creditors 2 : any of various fundamental or specially sacred rights considered as particularly guaranteed to all persons by a constitution and esp. by the privileges and immunities clause of the U.S. Constitution
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penumbra
: an extension of protection, reach, application, or consideration ;esp : a body of rights held to be guaranteed by implication from other rights explicitly enumerated in the U.S. Constitution [the First Amendment has a where privacy
original intent
esp. of the framers of the U.S. Constitution 2 : a conservative theory in constitutional law: only those guarantees intended by the framers and set forth in the text of the Constitution are valid compare judicial restraint
nondischargeable debt
include a home mortgage, debts for alimony or child support, certain taxes, debts for most government funded or guaranteed educational loans or benefit overpayments, debts arising from death or personal injury caused by driving while intoxicated or
mortgage
Louisiana : a mortgage that is created by a written contract 2 : a mortgage that is not guaranteed by government agency equitable mortgage : a constructive or implied mortgage : a transaction (as a conveyance) that
lock-in period
lock-in period the length of time that the lender has guaranteed a specific interest rate to a borrower. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
lock-in
lock-in since interest rates can change frequently, many lenders offer an interest rate lock-in that guarantees a specific interest rate if the loan is closed within a specific time. Source: U.S. Department of Housing
Separation of powers
distribution of the governmental powers among three depart-ments, to save the people from autocracy. The Development of Constitutional Guarantees of Liberty, Justice Louis Brendeis, 1957, p. 94.
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