Cosa (chi) è quasi-judicial proceeding - definizione
Quasi-judicial proceeding
A quasi-judicial proceeding is a trial that adopts the form of a judicial process without a formal basis in law.
quasi-judicial
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NON-JUDICIAL BODY WHICH CAN INTERPRET LAW
Quasi-judicial; Quasi-judicial agency; Quasi-judicial bodies
adj., adv. referring to the actions of an agency, boards or other government entity in which there are hearings, orders, judgments or other activities similar to those conducted by courts. Example: a public utilities hearing on setting telephone company rates is quasi-judicial.
See also: judicial quasi
Quasi-judicial body
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NON-JUDICIAL BODY WHICH CAN INTERPRET LAW
Quasi-judicial; Quasi-judicial agency; Quasi-judicial bodies
A quasi-judicial body is non-judicial body which can interpret law. It is an entity such as an arbitration panel or tribunal board, that can be a public administrative agency but also a contract- or private law entity, which has been given powers and procedures resembling those of a court of law or judge, and which is obliged to objectively determine facts and draw conclusions from them so as to provide the basis of an official action.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per quasi-judicial proceeding
1. The Senate Ethics Manual advises senators that contact with prosecutors and regulatory agency officials is "generally permitted, where the communication is with the agency and not directed at the court, where the agency is not engaged in an ongoing enforcement, investigative or other quasi–judicial proceeding." Stanley Brand, an ethics lawyer who served as House counsel in the 1'80s, said a senator should contact a federal prosecutor about an ongoing investigation only if he or she has evidence or information related to the probe.