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Definition: Consent Decree |
Consent DecreeNoun1. An agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Environment | A legal document, approved by a judge, that formalizes an agreement reached between EPA and potentially responsible parties (PRPs) through which PRPs will conduct all or part of a cleanup action at a Superfund site; cease or correct actions or processes that are polluting the environment; or otherwise comply with EPA initiated regulatory enforcement actions to resolve the contamination at the Superfund site involved. The consent decree describes the actions PRPs will take and may be subject to a public comment period. (references) |
Law | A consent judgment by a court exercising equity jurisdiction or invoking equitable remedies. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Consent Decree |
| Specialty definitions using "consent decree": Future Liability. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
consent decree | 24 |
consent decree florida | 3 |
consent decree felix | 3 |
consent decree federal | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "consent decree"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | jugement d'expédient. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | onsentcay ecreeday | ||||
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"Consent Decree" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: concent decre. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-e-e-e-n-n-o-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: concentered, reconnected, resentenced. | |
-3 letters: concenters, connecters, contenders, decrescent, recondense, reconnects, resentence. | |
-4 letters: coerected, conceders, concenter, concerned, concerted, concreted, concretes, condenser, connected, connecter, consented, consenter, contender, credences, crescendo, cretonnes, decenters, decentres, ensconced, nondesert, reconnect, sentenced, sonneteer, tendences. | |
-5 letters: censored, centered, centners, centones, coerects, conceder, concedes, concents, concerns, concerts, concrete, condense, connects, contends, corseted, credence, crescent. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-d-e-e-e-e-n-n-o-r-s-t" | |
+2 letters: concertednesses. | |
+3 letters: counterevidences. | |
+4 letters: countertendencies. | |
+5 letters: interconnectedness. | |
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