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Policy

The general principles by which a government is guided in its management of public affairs, or the legislature in its measures. A general term used to describe all contracts of insurance.

As applied to a law, ordinance, or Rule of Law, the general purpose or tendency considered as directed to the welfare or prosperity of the state or community.

policy

(Contract), noun agreement, arrangement, contractual obligation, contractual statement, insurance contract, legal document, mutual agreement, mutual underraking, obligation, pact, schedule, understanding
Associated concepts: insurance policy

policy

(Plan of action), noun approach, consilium, course, course of action, course of conduct, doctrine, essablished order, fundamental principles, general guidelines, general principles, governing course of action, governing plan, governing principle, line, line of action, line of connuct, management, manner of proceeding, method, mode of management, party line, plan, plan of campaign, polity, prescribed form, principles, procedure, proposal, proposed action, proposition, rule of accion, scheme, stratagem, ways
Associated concepts: public policy

POLICY, PUBLIC. By public policy is meant that which the law encourages for the promotion of the public good.
2. That which is against public policy is generally unlawful. For example, to restrain an individual from marrying, or from engaging in business, when the restraint is general, in the first case, to all persons, and, in the second, to all trades, business, or occupations. But if the restraint be only partial, as that Titius shall not marry Moevia, or that Caius shall not engage in a particular trade in a particular town or, place, the restraint is not against public policy,, and therefore valid. 1 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 274. See Newl. Contr. 472.

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In 2011, solar power contributed 2 billion to government revenues, but received transfers close to 17 billion as a result of government policies.

United Kingdom : New NERA Economic Consulting Study shows Oil and Gas Industry contributes billions of Euros in net payments to European governments

Here as throughout this study, Garfield carefully demonstrates how indigenous leaders were not passive recipients of government policies, programs, and material assistance, but appropriated and reshaped resources for their own cultural, social, and economic interests.

Indigenous Struggle at the Heart of Brazil: State Policy, Frontier Expansion, and the Xavante Indians, 1937-1988. (Reviews)

The devastating terrorist attack of 9-11 caused a familiar and predictable response in the United States on two fronts: government policies specifically targeting Arabs and Muslims; and nationwide violence against Arabs and Muslims.

The aftermath of September 11, 2001: The targeting of Arabs and Muslims in America

Minister Davern revealed that all government policies would undergo "rural proofing" to identify their knock-on effects on the regions.

pounds 10bn bill to help develop rural Ireland

Up to 70 people were addressed by employment minister Andrew Smith and social security minister Stephen Timms, who promised pensioners a say in shaping government policies.

OAPs in protest

It proposes to give investors the right to challenge in unprecedented ways government policies that threaten their profit-making.

Should trade be freed from more fetters?

Although the private sector is driving most of these innovations, the growth of global electronic commerce also depends significantly on consistent government policies around the world.

Hands off the Net

The book aptly points out in the preface that your company may be the envy of its industry, with leading-edge R&D, the most cost-efficient manufacturing, strong customer demand, and an effective sales and marketing force, and yet government policies may slash your sales and take your bottom line from black to red.

High Tech Survival

On February 23, 1993, Hillary Clinton met with 40 congress, women of the Women's Caucus on Health Care, where Representative Pat Schroeder greeted her with, "We've been waiting for 12 years for someone in the White House to come " Our cur, rent national health-care crisis has raged out of control in the face of callous neglect and indifferent government policies.

The right to a decent life

Government Policies and the Misuse of Forest Resources," Repetto argues that "there is not a conflict between wise resource economics and environmental protection.

Unraveling the economics of deforestation; many government policies unintentionally promote costly environmental damage