Also known as: governments · governmental · governmentally · govt · state authority
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The sovereign power in a nation or state. An organization through which a body of people exercise political authority and the structure of principles and rules determining how that authority is regulated.
Giselle Guerrero drafted a petition urging a federal agency to revise its licensing rules. She submitted the document to the agency headquarters seeking redress of grievances. The agency accepted the filing and scheduled a public hearing on the requested changes.
Glenn Gross served a deposition notice on the state environmental agency in a pollution suit. The notice described with reasonable particularity the topics for examination. The agency designated its compliance director to testify on its behalf about the matters listed.
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Genevieve Gardner, now a judge, appeared pro se before a municipal zoning board to challenge a permit denial affecting her family property. She presented arguments without using the prestige of her judicial office. The board considered her submission on the same terms as any other citizen.
Gerald Gibson joined a private firm after serving as a state regulator. The firm screened him from a matter involving a company he had regulated. The remaining lawyers handled the representation without his participation or fee share.
Gabriel Gonzalez and his wife exchanged letters about business dealings while married. Prosecutors subpoenaed the letters in a criminal case against Gabriel. The government bore the burden of overcoming the presumption that the communications were confidential.
Gina Griffin created a trust to fund improvements to a city park and library. The trust instrument stated its purpose as advancing governmental and municipal objectives. The trustee accepted the funds for use in those community projects.
Yes. The term encompasses the sovereign power at any level, including federal agencies, state departments, and municipal bodies that exercise political authority under the Constitution or state law.
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A judge may appear pro se before governmental bodies in personal or family matters but must not use the prestige of office or serve as counsel for others.
The rule permits a party to name a governmental agency as the deponent and requires the agency to designate one or more persons to testify about information known or reasonably available to the organization.
The government must overcome the presumption that communications between spouses are confidential rather than requiring the asserting spouse to prove confidentiality.
Yes. A charitable trust may be created for governmental or municipal purposes that benefit the community, such as funding public parks or libraries.
…an injury. It is a general rule that where there is a legal right there is also a legal remedy by suit or action at law. The government of the United States is a government of laws and not of men; it will cease to deserve that appellation if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of vested legal rights. The question…