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- Dictionaryconfiscate/ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/
verb
- 1. take or seize (someone's property) with authority: "the guards confiscated his camera"
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2 days ago · The Supreme Court first noted that the takings clause does not itself define private property which, ... it could not use the tax debt “as a toehold” to confiscate more property than was due, ...
2 days ago · A treaty that establishes an international organization is also its constitution, in that it would define how that organization is constituted. Within states , a constitution defines the principles upon which the state is based, the procedure in which laws are made and by whom.
1 day ago · Footnote 6 In Madrid, in 1504, at a time when wheat prices were very high, many townspeople went to the council to demand that the bread that the large landowners, and even the council, were holding in their granaries, be distributed, and threatening to confiscate it otherwise. Footnote 7 Sometimes these gatherings went even further.
4 days ago · The new law created a new vehicle type called a “Low-speed electric scooter” which is defined as “a scooter with a floorboard that can be stood upon by the operator, with handlebars, and an electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or without human propulsion at a maximum speed of less than 19 miles per hour.”
3 days ago · TAXATION AS A POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT INHERENT POWER OF THE STATE 1.POWER OF TAXATION -The power to take property(in the form of taxes)for the support of the government and for public purpose 2.POLICE POWER-The power to enact laws to promote the general welfare of the people. It is wider in application because it is the general power to make laws.
1 day ago · Sati or suttee was a Hindu historical practice in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband 's funeral pyre. It has been linked to related Hindu practices in regions of India.
1 day ago · Discrimination typically leads to groups being unfairly treated on the basis of perceived statuses based on ethnic, racial, gender or religious categories. [2][3] It involves depriving members of one group of opportunities or privileges that are available to members of another group.
