A law that requires the renewal of a program or an agency that is established or it is automatically terminated at the end of the period prescribed, for example, a drug program to last for two years that is terminated automatically unless renewed. … [Read more...]

civ. law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent. … [Read more...]

Statutes providing public access to the meetings and records of governmental agencies. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. The alienation by the owner of the surface of the soil of all rights necessary for building on the surface, a yearly rent being generally reserved; also a building or erection. Superflua non nocent. Superfluities do not prejudice. Jenk. Cent 184. Surplusage does not vitiate. … [Read more...]

Latin for on its own motion. When a court or a government entity takes an action on its own account and not as a result of a party asking or making a motion to move the court or the entity to act. … [Read more...]