public policy
Definition
Declared State objectives relating to the health, morals, and well being of the citizenry. In the interest of public policy, legislatures and courts seek to nullify any action, contract, or trust that goes counter to these objectives even if there is no statute that expressly declares it void.
public policy is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
public policy appears in the definitions of the following terms:
interest group,
government,
policy,
legal,
legal purpose,
implied warranty,
legal realism,
Keynesian economics,
termination of trust,
illegal contract
and
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