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At-large. At large (before a noun: at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset. In multi-hierarchical bodies, the term rarely extends to a tier beneath the highest ...
The United States Statutes at Large is the name of the session law publication for U.S. Federal statutes. [1] The public laws and private laws are numbered and organized in chronological order. [2] U.S. Federal statutes are published in a three-part process, consisting of slip laws, session laws (Statutes at Large), and codification (United ...
At large may refer to: At-large, a political system where officials are elected to represent the entire governed region, rather than on a district basis. At Large (album), a 1959 album by The Kingston Trio. At large (fugitive), a classification for a fugitive on the run. At-large bid, a sports term for a bid or berth granted by invitation.
In United States law, public accommodations are generally defined as facilities, whether publicly or privately owned, that are used by the public at large. Examples include retail stores, rental establishments, and service establishments as well as educational institutions, recreational facilities, and service centers. [1]
In a 4–3 decision, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial courts' dismissal of the complaints against the District of Columbia and individual members of the Metropolitan Police Department based on the public duty doctrine ruling that "the duty to provide public services is owed to the public at large, and, absent a ...
The diverse public is symbolized in this sculpture, "La Foule illuminée ". In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. [1] [2] This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere. [1]
The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises. Public sectors include the public goods and governmental services such as the military, law enforcement, infrastructure, public transit, public education, along with health care and those working for the ...
The public sphere (German: Öffentlichkeit) is an area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political action. A "Public" is "of or concerning the people as a whole." Such a discussion is called public debate and is defined as the expression of ...