police power

noun

the power of a nation, within the limits of its constitution, to regulate the conduct of its citizens in the interest of the common good.

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Here, also, would be included studies of the extension of the police power to promote the national welfare.

If it is compulsory it must rest entirely within the police power of the State.

In other words, it was virtually held that it was not, and so that the law was not a proper exercise of the police power.

Police power would have to be reduced to the minimum necessary to protect life and keep the industries running.

Can one conceive of a property whose use the police power should determine, whose abuse it should repress?

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