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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
Dharma Initiative, also
written DHARMA (Department of
Heuristics and
Research on
Material Applications), is a
fictional research project and organization...
-
organisations called the
Feminist Initiative:
Feminist Initiative (Sweden), a
feminist Swedish political party Feminist Initiative (Norway), a
feminist Norwegian...
- The EAST
Initiative is an
educational non-profit
organization that
oversees and
trains for a
school program, EAST, that
operates primarily in the United...
- Citizens'
Initiative may
refer to: Po****r
initiative, a
means by
which the
public can
force a
referendum Bürgerentscheid [de], a
formal citizens' petition...
- 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...
-
democracy is a form of
democracy in
which the
electorate decides on
policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies. This
differs from the majority...
- The Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI or B&R),
known in
China as the One Belt One Road
sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is a
global infrastructure...
- People's
Initiative (or "PI") is a
common appellative in the
Philippines that
refers to
either a mode for
constitutional amendment provided by the 1987...
- and it
works with the
Clean Air
Initiative and the UN
Development Business. It
works within the Open Data
Initiative and
hosts an Open
Knowledge Repository...
