Legal glossary category
Administrative Law
Browse 15 glossary entries in the Administrative Law category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
disability
Imagine a hall pass: if you have one (the impairment), it means you can't do everything normally, but the school still lets you attend class (full...
Open term →drug
A drug is like a hall pass for your body; it lets you do something specific, like helping you feel better when you're sick.
Open term →environmental
It functions like a permission slip for nature; if you mess up the environment, you lose your right to use that land until you fix it.
Open term →environmental law
Environmental law is like a set of rules for your playground; it dictates who can throw litter (pollution) and how much damage they have to clean u...
Open term →federal fund
It is like a special jar for allowance money.
Open term →federal reserve bank
It is like the school principal for a small group of classrooms.
Open term →federal reserve system
It acts like a big hall pass master for the entire country's money flow.
Open term →government agency
Think of a government agency as the school principal who issues hallway passes and posts the rules.
Open term →governmental agency
A school monitor can confiscate a baseball, but only if the principal's rule permits the penalty for that offense.
Open term →guidance
A teacher's study guide says the exam will cover chapters one through five, but the school board's approved course policy is the rule.
Open term →guidelines
Think of the rules a teacher tapes to the classroom wall: they tell you what to do, but only the school's official rulebook can get you suspended.
Open term →hazardous material
Some things need a permission slip before anyone moves them, like the form parents sign before a class field trip.
Open term →hazardous substance
Think of a teacher's list of things nobody may bring to school — slime, matches, spray paint.
Open term →hazardous waste
Some trash is too dangerous for the regular garbage can.
Open term →health
Think of a permission slip your parents sign before a field trip: the government gives doctors and hospitals permission to operate, and it can take...
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