Military Surplus Act (Kahn–Wadsworth Act) — The Military Surplus Act (or Kahn Wadsworth Act) was signed into US law by the 66th US Congress in 1920. Sponsored by Representative Julius Kahn (R) of California and Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (R) of New York, it distributed 25,000… … Wikipedia
act — 1 n 1 a: something done by a person in accordance with his or her free will a tortious act see also actus reus b: the failure to do something that one has a legal duty to do – called also negative act; 2 a … Law dictionary
Surplus value — is a concept created by Karl Marx in his critique of political economy, where its ultimate source is unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist, serving as a basis for capital accumulation.The German equivalent word Mehrwert… … Wikipedia
Surplus Property Act — The Surplus Property Act of 1944 (ch. 479, USStat|58|765, USC|50A|1611 et seq. , enacted October 31944) is an act of the United States Congress that was enacted to provide for the disposal of surplus government property to a State, political… … Wikipedia
shadow ACT — The system adopted to determine the extent to which surplus ACT carried forward (post 5 April 1999) can be set off against corporation tax arising on or after 6 April 1999. Although no actual advance corporation tax (ACT) arises on distributions… … Law dictionary
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — Full title An Act to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end too big to fail , to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers… … Wikipedia
Agricultural Act of 1949 — The Agricultural Act of 1949 (USPL|89|349) is a United States federal law (7 U.S.C. 1431) that is known as the permanent legislation of U.S. agricultural policy and is, in its amended form, still in effect. The Act was enacted on October 31, 1949 … Wikipedia
Robinson-Patman Act — The Robinson Patman Act of 1936 (or Anti Justice League Discrimination Act, usc|15|13) is a United States federal law that prohibits what were considered, at the time of passage, to be anticompetitive practices by producers, specifically price… … Wikipedia
Dawes Act — Not to be confused with Dawes Plan. The Dawes Act, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide the land into allotments for individual Indians. The Act was named for its… … Wikipedia
Mutual Defense Assistance Act — The Mutual Defense Assistance Act was a United States Act of Congress signed by President Harry S. Truman on 6 October 1949. For US Foreign policy, it was the first U.S. military foreign aid legislation of the Cold War era, and initially to… … Wikipedia
