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  2. Public inquiry - Wikipedia

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    A public inquiry, also known as a tribunal of inquiry, government inquiry, or simply inquiry, is an official review of events or actions ordered by a government body. In many common law countries, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Canada, such an inquiry differs from a royal commission in that a public inquiry accepts evidence and conducts its hearings in a more public forum ...

  3. List of public inquiries in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, the term public inquiry, also known as a tribunal of inquiry, refers to either statutory or non-statutory inquiries that have been established either previously by the monarch or by government ministers of the United Kingdom, Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh governments to investigate either specific, controversial events or policy proposals.

  4. What we know about the Southport public inquiry so far - AOL

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    What is a public inquiry? Public inquiries are major investigations that have special powers to summon witnesses to give evidence on oath and to compel the production of documents.

  5. Royal commission - Wikipedia

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    A royal commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue in some monarchies.They have been held in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Malaysia, Mauritius [1] and Saudi Arabia.

  6. Requests and inquiries - Wikipedia

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    Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure states that requests for any unallowable purpose need unanimous consent, and a single objection defeats consent, unless the organization's laws or the assembly's usual practices allow otherwise. An example might be a request to have a nonmember address the body. In addition, Demeter states: [18]

  7. Notice of proposed rulemaking - Wikipedia

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    A notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) is a public notice that is issued by law when a U.S. federal agency wishes to add, remove, or change a rule or regulation as part of the rulemaking process. The notice is an important part of US administrative law, which facilitates government by typically creating a process of taking of public comment.

  8. Inquests in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    A coroner must summon a jury for an inquest if the death was not a result of natural causes and occurred when the deceased was in state custody (for example in prison, police custody, or whilst detained under the Mental Health Act 1983); or if it was the result of an act or omission of a police officer; or if it was a result of a notifiable accident, poisoning or disease. [5]

  9. Loudermill hearing - Wikipedia

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    The term stems from Loudermill v.Cleveland Board of Education, in which the United States Supreme Court held that non-probationary civil servants had a property right to continued employment and such employment could not be denied to employees unless they were given an opportunity to hear and respond to the charges against them prior to being deprived of continued employment.