Tag: Local Government Law

  • Dillon's Rule

    Concept of Dillon's Rule Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law. Resources See Also State Government Local Government Local Government Law

  • Charter

    Charter, document conferring rights or privileges on an individual or a group of people. The term originally applied to a written conveyance of land titles, often between private parties. In this sense the word now used is deed. The term charter is used to describe a grant of land or special […]

  • City Manager

    City Manager, administrative head of a city with the council-manager type of government. The council-manager form of government is found mostly in the United States, but it has also been adopted by certain cities in Canada, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. Some similarity exists […]

  • City Manager

    City Manager, administrative head of a city with the council-manager type of government. The council-manager form of government is found mostly in the United States, but it has also been adopted by certain cities in Canada, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. Some similarity exists […]

  • Attorney General

    Introduction to Attorney General Attorney General, in the United States and the United Kingdom, the chief law officer of the government. The duties of the attorney general are to advise and represent the government in important legal matters and to initiate and supervise legal proceedings […]