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PROPOSAL. An offer for consideration or acceptance.
2. It is a general rule that a proposal offered to another for acceptance may be withdrawn at any time before it is accepted, provided that notice of the withdrawal be given to the party to whom it was made. A bid (q.v.) may be withdrawn at any time before acceptance; and a proposal by letter may be withdrawn at any time before, acceptance 1 Pick. 278; and, if accepted, it must be, in the very terms offered. 3 Wheat. 225. Vide Bid; Correspondence; Letter; Offer.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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In acting on proposals under section 3 of the BHC Act, the Board is required to consider the effects of the proposal on the convenience and needs of the communities to be served and to take into account the records of the relevant insured depository institutions under the Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA").

Orders issued under Bank Holding Company Act

HPD is requesting proposals from developers to build more than 3,200 units citywide.

RFPs go out for city's last 248 vacant lots

Chances are, your business is popping, but your business proposals aren't.

Power up your proposal: here's what it takes to get a potential client to say yes to your pitch

This commentary highlights problems evident to me as a reader of NSERC proposals, and attempts to disseminate information to the greater community, to remove some of the mystery behind decisions that come out of NSERC competitions.

NSERC discovery grant competitions: arguing over crumbs?

The California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE) invites submission of research and best practice proposals for its semi-annual conferences, held each Fall in San Diego and each Spring in San Jose.

Semiannual call for proposals for presentations at CCTE conferences

The MTNA Conference Program Committee requests the submission of proposals for the MTNA National Conference in Austin, Texas, March 25-29, 2006.

Call for conference presentations

Chapin (a former director of the National Science Foundation Linguistics Program, and member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science), Research Projects And Research Proposals: A Guide For Scientists Seeking Funding is a no-nonsense, practical, methodically organized and "user friendly" guide to presenting professional-quality applications for grants and proposals.

Research Projects and Research Proposals

On October 21, 2004, Tax Executives Institute sent the following comments to the Virginia General Assembly in response to a request for comments on legislative proposals that the Department of Taxation is considering for the 2005 session.

Legislative proposals being considered by the Virginia Department of Taxation for the 2005 General Assembly: October 21, 2004

Carol Bowie, IRRC's director of corporate governance research, says that companies have taken concrete, responsive action on 67 of the 167 shareholder proposals (about 40 percent) that received majority support in 2003.

Giving shareholders short shrift: research shows that public companies decline to act on a substantial percentage of shareholder votes. Companies often say they know best, but some critics say they should be more accountable

Each evaluator (or advisor) examines the proposals for his or her assigned area of responsibility.

Best value source selection: the Air Force approach, Part I

Section 10 of the BOT law spells out the method by which an implementing agency-in this case the transportation department- should follow when there are two or more proposals for the same or similar project.