public+interest

  • 1public interest — public interest, adj. 1. the welfare or well being of the general public; commonwealth: health programs that directly affect the public interest. 2. appeal or relevance to the general populace: a news story of public interest. [1670 80] * * * …

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  • 2Public interest — The public interest refers to the common well being or general welfare. The public interest is central to policy debates, politics, democracy and the nature of government itself. While nearly everyone claims that aiding the common well being or… …

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  • 3Public Interest Immunity — (PII) is a principle of English common law under which the English courts can grant a court order allowing one litigant to refrain from disclosing evidence to the other litigants where disclosure would be damaging to the public interest. This is… …

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  • 4Public Interest Litigation — Public Interest Litigation, in Indian law, means litigation for the protection of public interest. It is litigation introduced in a court of law, not by the aggrieved party but by the court itself or by any other private party. It is not… …

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  • 5Public Interest Advocacy Centre — (PIAC) is a non profit public interest law firm in Canada, with offices in Ottawa and Toronto. It serves to provide legal and research assistance to help consumer interests and public services. The organization has been around since 1976 and is… …

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  • 6Public Interest Watch — (PIW) was established in September 2003 by Mike Hardiman. The PIW website states that the group was created in response to the growing misuse of charitable funds by nonprofit organizations and the lack of effort by government agencies to deal… …

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  • 7Public interest theory — is an economic theory holding that regulation is supplied in response to the demand of the public for the correction of inefficient or inequitable market practices. Regulation is assumed initially to benefit society as a whole rather than… …

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  • 8Public Interest Registry — is a not for profit corporation created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .org top level domain. It took over the operation of the domain from VeriSign on 1 January 2003. Afilias manages the technical operations of the .org registry… …

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  • 9Public Interest Registry — (PIR) est une association sans but lucratif, créée par l Internet Society en 2002 pour assurer la gestion du domaine Internet de premier niveau .org. PIR a succédé à VeriSign dans la gestion de ce domaine le 1er janvier 2003. Afilias assure la… …

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  • 10Public Interest Registry — (PIR) ist die für die allgemeine Top Level Domain (gTLD) .org zuständige Registry. Die Registry hat die Domainverwaltung am 1. Januar 2003 von VeriSign übernommen.[1]. Bei diesem Wechsel wurde die Verantwortung über 2,6 Millionen Domains… …

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