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public policies

public policies is the plural of public policy.

Meaning of public policy

Noun

public policy (countable and uncountable, plural public policies)

  1. The set of policies (laws, plans, actions, behaviors) of a government; plans and methods of action that govern that society; a system of laws, courses of action, and priorities directing a government action.
    • "The licensee exceeding the use restrictions would argue that it violates public policy to enforce the restrictions and therefore that state contract law may not impose liability for their violation."1993 Henry H. Perritt, Jr. "Knowbots, Permissions Headers and Contract Law", paper for the conference on Technological Strategies for Protecting Intellectual Property in the Networked Multimedia...

Questions about public policies

What is public policies the plural of?
Public policies is the plural of public policy.

Words near public policies in the dictionary

  1. public orator
  2. public orators
  3. public ownership
  4. public place
  5. public places
  6. public policies
  7. public policy
  8. public pretender
  9. public pretenders
  10. public private partnership
  11. public private partnerships

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