- re-enactment rule
- If the legislature enacts again a statute which had long continued executive construction by an agency, it can be said that the legislature has adopted that construction
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re-enactment rule
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rule — 1 n 1 a: a prescribed guide for conduct or action b: a regulating principle or precept 2 a: an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding esp. upon petition of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to… … Law dictionary
enactment — en·act·ment n 1: the act of enacting: the state of being enacted 2: something (as a law) that has been enacted Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
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