Subdivision - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: subdivisionsubdivision
subdivision 1 : an act or instance of subdividing [obtain approval of his of the land] 2 : a tract of land subdivided into lots [to provide streets and sewers for the ] 3 : a part made by subdividing [as prescribed in one of this section] ...
Coniferophyta
a class of cone bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous most are substantial trees it includes the classes Pinopsida subdivision Pinophytina and Ginkgopsida subdivision Ginkgophytina and Taxopsida subdivision Taxophytina which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales yews and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales of the Carboniferous and Permian and Volztiales of the Permian Jurassic...
Cycadophyta
a class or subdivision of plants comprising palmlike gymnosperms it includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders possibly not a natural group in some systems considered a class Cycadopsida and in others a subdivision Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta...
Ginkgophyta
A division of trees comprising the ginkgos In some systems it is classified as a class Ginkgopsida and in others as a subdivision Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta...
plan
plan 1 : a diagram of an area of land (as a subdivision) filed in the registry of deeds see also plot plan 2 : a detailed program ;esp : one made under chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code that places future earnings under the control of a trustee, provides for the payment of creditors, and is subject to approval by the creditors ...
public law
public law 1 : an enactment of a legislature that affects the public at large throughout the entire territory (as a state or nation) which is subject to the jurisdiction of the legislature or within a particular subdivision of its jurisdiction : general law called also public act public statute compare local law 2 a : the area of law that deals with the relations of individuals with the state and regulates the organization and conduct of government compare private law b : international law regulating the relations among sovereign states or nations as distinguished from private international law ...
special act
special act : an act of a legislature that is not of general application in all territory subject to the legislative power but affects private persons or only part of a class of persons in the same situation or only part of a more general subject matter or is intended to apply only in a particular subdivision of the entire territory ...
special district
special district : a political subdivision of a state established to provide a single public service (as water supply or sanitation) within a specific geographical area ...
ss
ss [Latin scilicet that is to say] specifically used in the statement of venue which follows the caption of a legal document and esp. between the name of the state and the particular subdivision (as county) ...
sub-
sub- 1 : under : beneath : below [substandard] 2 a : subordinate : secondary : next lower than or inferior to [subagent] b : subordinate portion of : subdivision of [subchapter] [subcommittee] c : assigning to another by the same method [sublicense] [subcontract] ...
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