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[Latin, For this; for this special purpose.] An attorney ad hoc or a guardian or curator ad hoc is one appointed for a special purpose, generally to represent the client, ward, or child in the particular action in which the appointment is made. An Administrative Agency, a legislature, or other governmental bodies may establish ad hoc committees to study particular problems. For example, a city government may establish an ad hoc committee to investigate and discuss the placement of a new stadium in the city. Likewise, an administrative agency in some jurisdictions may engage in ad hoc rulemaking, whereby the agency establishes specific procedures to promulgate a rule without necessarily adhering to formal rulemaking requirements. ad hoc adj. Latin shorthand meaning "for this purpose only." Thus, an ad hoc committee is formed for a specific purpose, usually appointed to solve a particular problem. An ad hoc attorney is one hired to handle one problem only often is a specialist in a particular area or considered especially able to argue a key point. ad hoc adjective extemporaneous, for the sake of, for this case alone, improvised, in consideration of, on account of, special Associated concepts: ad hoc appointment, ad hoc committee How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Oliveau was tapped to be
one of nine attorneys on the ad hoc division of the Court of Arbitration
for Sport, an international panel that settles disputes that arise from
such issues as drug tests, eligibility and judging. ``Wasn't the job of the ad hoc committee to address problems
and make recommendations? Science publisher Old City Publishing (Philadelphia, PA) will begin
the publication of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks and the
International Journal of Unconventional Computing with issues in
January. |
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