Legal glossary category
Administrative Law
Browse 10 glossary entries in the Administrative Law category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
fines
If you lose a library book, the librarian charges you a fine; likewise, a government agency or contract charges money when you break a rule.
Open term →government agency
Think of a government agency like a school principal who can give a hall pass; the pass lets you be in the hallway, but breaking its rules brings d...
Open term →governmental
Think of a hall pass that says you must follow the principal’s rules while in the corridor; breaking those rules gets you sent home.
Open term →governmental agency
Think of a governmental agency like a school principal who decides which rules students must follow and can give detention if they break them.
Open term →governmental body
Think of a governmental body like a school principal who can approve a field trip; without the principal’s sign‑off, the trip can’t happen and the...
Open term →governmental entity
A governmental entity is like a school principal who can set rules and enforce them; if you break a rule, the principal decides the consequence.
Open term →guidelines
Think of a hallway pass that tells you which doors you may open; stepping through a door without the pass breaks the school rule.
Open term →hazardous waste
Treat hazardous waste like a broken crayon that you must put in the teacher’s special bin, not the regular trash.
Open term →legislation
Legislation works like school rules written by the principal and approved by the teachers.
Open term →ordinance
Think of an ordinance like a school hall pass: it tells you where you can go and what you must not do, and breaking it gets you in trouble.
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