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Initiative
Initiative In*i"ti*a*tive, a. [Cf. F. initiatif.]
Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory;
preliminary.
Initiative
Initiative In*i"ti*a*tive, n. [Cf. F. initiative.]
1. An introductory step or movement; an act which originates
or begins.
The undeveloped initiatives of good things to come.
--I. Taylor.
2. The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of
action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect
to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.
Initiative
Initiative In*i"ti*a*tive, n. (Political Science)
The right or procedure by which legislation may be introduced
or enacted directly by the people, as in the Swiss
Confederation and in many of the States of the United States;
-- chiefly used with the. The procedure of the initiative is
essentially as follows: Upon the filing of a petition signed
by a required number or percentage of qualified voters the
desired measure must be submitted to a popular vote, and upon
receiving the required majority (commonly a majority of those
voting on the measure submitted) it becomes a law. In some
States of the United States the initiative is only local; in
others it is state-wide and includes the making of
constitutional amendments.
Meaning of Initiative from wikipedia
- Look up
Initiative or
initiative in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Po****r
initiative is a
political process by
which a
referendum can be triggered...
- The Chan
Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is an
organization established and
owned by
Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg and his wife
Priscilla Chan with an investment...
- The Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI or B&R),
known in
China as the One Belt One Road and
sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is a
global infrastructure...
- A po****r
initiative (also citizens'
initiative) is a form of
direct democracy by
which a
petition meeting certain hurdles can
force a
legal procedure...
-
Initiative 83 was a voter-approved
ballot initiative in Washington, D.C., that
would permit ranked-choice
voting and open the
primary elections to independent...
- form of
democracy in
which the
electorate directly decides on
policy initiatives,
without elected representatives as proxies, as
opposed to the representative...
- The
Dharma Initiative, also
written DHARMA (Department of
Heuristics and
Research on
Material Applications), is a
fictional research project and organization...
- The
Century Initiative is a
Canadian lobby group that aims to
increase Canada's po****tion to 100
million by 2100. This
includes increasing the po****tion...
- The
Three Seas
Initiative (3SI or TSI),
known also as the Baltic, Adriatic,
Black Sea (BABS)
Initiative or
simply as the
Three Seas (Latin: Trimarium,...
- The EAST
Initiative is an
educational non-profit
organization that
oversees and
trains for a
school program, EAST, that
operates primarily in the United...
