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public policy

[ puhb-lik pol-uh-see ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

1. the body of laws and other measures that affect the general public:
  These officeholders are creating public policy on important issues including affordable housing and the environment.
2. the underlying principles, values, or objectives that inform these laws and other measures: In a secular state, no religion can become the basis of public policy.
  The Institute participates in shaping public debate and public policy through inquiry and dialogue.
  In a secular state, no religion can become the basis of public policy.
Law. the principle that injury to the public good or public order constitutes a basis for declaring an act or transaction illegal or invalid:
The principle of public policy requires that we judge the tendency of the contract at the time when it was entered into.

First recorded in 1775–85

I believe in the power of institutions—Congress, public policy, certain ideas about politics—that last for a long time.

According to the non-partisan Public Policy Institute, California has the highest poverty rate in the nation.

Two polls, one sponsored by USA Today, the other by Public Policy Polling, showed no gender gap in Kentucky.

For a mere generation, UK-wide public policy had matched the notion of Scottish egalitarianism, at least moderately.

[Public policy has] got to be based on science, and we need more of it.

It is difficult to over-estimate the harm that has been done to public policy by this same Malthusian theory.

It is against public policy to allow one person to have insurance on the life of another without his knowledge.

Pitt had asked for assurances on matters of public policy; they made stipulations which chiefly concerned persons.

The tenant remained in possession of the land without the means of tilling it, which was opposed to public policy.

Thucydides was ostracized, and to the end of his life, Pericles reigned the undisputed master of the public policy of Athens.

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