administrative agency

collocation in English

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administrative
adjective
uk
/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.strə.tɪv/us
/ədˈmɪn.ə.strə.t̬ɪv/
relating to the arrangements and work that is needed to control the operation of a plan ...
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agency
noun
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
a business that represents one group of people when dealing with ...
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The legislature may adopt a vague standard that is to be applied in the first instance by anadministrativeagency.
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Pivotal to the testing of the hypothesis, this measure of attention can be anticipated by anadministrativeagencybefore it issues its proposed rule.
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However, in some policy subsystems, only oneadministrativeagencyis a stable and active participant.
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Fourth, corruption can be disaggregated by theadministrativeagencyor service involved, such as tax and customs, business licenses, inspections, utility connections, courts, or public education and health facilities.
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The campaign therefore opposes the proposal that assessment of child maintenance should be undertaken by anadministrativeagency.
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Noting and celebrating cultural diversity does not necessarily mean that the area that is culturally distinct must, for all purposes, have its own directly elected body oradministrativeagency.
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Thus, the state board of education is merely anadministrativeagencywhich carries out the laws, policies, and programs established by the legislature.
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Superior courts also reviews decisions of lower courts and appeals toadministrativeagencydecisions.
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Schwartz also was involved inadministrativeagencyoversight.
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Theadministrativeagencymodel is touted as the traditional model for the public education system.
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He noted that allowing anadministrativeagencyto conduct an unreviewable hearing on such a fundamental right had already been ruled against by the court.
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It has jurisdiction primarily over final judgments of district courts acting as trial courts, and of approximately 33 kinds ofadministrativeagencyor board determinations.
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It reviews appeals from state trial court oradministrativeagencydecisions.
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This case has been cited in over 1,000 federal court andadministrativeagencyopinions.
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The circuit court noted that normally, when dealing with an ambiguous federal statute, courts will defer to theadministrativeagencycharged with implementing the statute.
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The federation is not subordinated to the national government or to any of its administrative agencies.
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One suggested limitation is that the rule is inapplicable if the disqualification of a member will still leave a quorum of anadministrativeagencycapable of acting.
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He understood administrative agencies as impartial forces in pursuit of knowledge for the public good.
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Certainly, legislatures, courts and administrative agencies such as police departments and prisons are, for the most part, social practices and so are systematically unified activities.
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Administrativeagencyrules are made only with the permission of elected lawmakers, and elected lawmakers may strike down an administrative rule or even eliminate an agency.
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