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Marchman Act

Marchman Act verb: to invoke the Marchman Act, i.e., a means of voluntary or involuntary assessment and stabilization and treatment of a person allegedly abusing alcohol or drugs.

Verb

Marchman Act (third-person singular simple present Marchman Acts, present participle Marchman Acting, simple past and past participle Marchman Acted)

  1. (US, intransitive, transitive) To invoke the Marchman Act, i.e., a means of voluntary or involuntary assessment and stabilization and treatment of a person allegedly abusing alcohol or drugs.

Forms of Marchman Act

third-person singular presentMarchman Acts
present participleMarchman Acting
past participleMarchman Acted
pastMarchman Acted

Origin of Marchman Act

The act (1993) was named after former pastor Hal Strickland Marchman, Jr., (1919–2009), who advocated for services for substance abusers.

Questions about Marchman Act

What does Marchman Act mean?
Marchman Act means to invoke the Marchman Act, i.e., a means of voluntary or involuntary assessment and stabilization and treatment of a person allegedly abusing alcohol or drugs.
What part of speech is Marchman Act?
Marchman Act is a verb.
What is the past tense of Marchman Act?
The past tense of Marchman Act is Marchman Acted.

Words near Marchman Act in the dictionary

  1. marchland
  2. marchlands
  3. Marchlewszczyzna
  4. marchlike
  5. marchman
  6. Marchman Act
  7. Marchman Acted
  8. Marchman Acting
  9. Marchman Acts
  10. Marchmans
  11. marchmen

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