Regulatory Offense - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: regulatory offenseregulatory offense
regulatory offense : a violation of a regulation that is not part of a criminal code and that carries the punishment of a fine or imprisonment : administrative crime called also regulatory crime ...
Interim Insurance Regulatory Authority
Interim Insurance Regulatory Authority, 'Interim Insurance Regulatory Authority' means the insur-ance regulatory authority set up by the Central Government through Resolution No. 17(2)/94-Ins.- V, dated the 23rd January, 1996. [Insurance Regula-tory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (44 of 1999), s. 2(1) (e)]...
regulatory taking
regulatory taking : an appropriation or diminution of private property rights by a governmental regulation which exceeds the government's legitimate police power (as the power to enact safety regulations) and for which the owner may seek a writ of mandamus, declaratory relief, or just compensation (as by inverse condemnation) compare physical taking, zoning NOTE: In order to determine whether a regulatory taking is effected by a regulation, a court will consider the government's interest that is being furthered by the regulation, the breadth or specificity of the regulation, and the extent of the regulation's impact on the owner's property rights and expectations. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that an owner can bring an action for compensation when the taking has deprived the owner of all use of the property even temporarily. Otherwise, the owner may be entitled only to declaratory relief. ...
offense
offense or of·fence [ə-fens] n 1 : a violation of the law ;esp : a criminal act [nor shall any person be subject for the same to be twice put in jeopardy "U.S. Constitution amend. V"] see also lesser included offense 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : an intentional unlawful act that causes damage to another and for which the law imposes an obligation for damages compare quasi contract at contract, quasi-offense NOTE: Breach of contract, offenses, quasi-offenses, and quasi contracts are the bases for civil liability under the civil law. Offenses and quasi-offenses are comparable to common-law torts. ...
regulatory
regulatory 1 : of or relating to regulation 2 : making or concerned with making regulations ...
regulatory agency
regulatory agency see agency ...
regulatory search
regulatory search see search ...
included offense
included offense : lesser included offense [permitted…to plead guilty to a logical included offense "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] ...
lesser included offense
lesser included offense : a crime (as unlawful entry) that is by definition included in the commission of another crime (as burglary) which has additional elements and greater criminal liability called also included offense NOTE: A criminal defendant may be convicted of a lesser included offense even if not charged specifically with that crime. ...
Offensive trade
Offensive trade, the word 'offensive' has got no technical meaning assigned to it in any legal enactment and it is not, therefore, possible to say that this word must be interpreted in that particular technical sense. Resort to the dictionary meaning of the word the setting up of a brick kiln or the preparing of bricks is a business which is liable or calculated to cause annoyance to the residents of the neighbourhood and it is, therefore, an offensive trade within the meaning of District Board Act, Sat Narain v. Emperor, AIR 1942 All 440: 1942 ALW 557....
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