Latin for Lawyers

REGULATE, REGULATION

entries; regular endorsement; regular session. The term regular on its face describes court process which is issued by a court with authority to issue it, which conforms in form to the usual process of that court and which reveals nothing which would lead anyone to suspect that it was issued without authority. A regular session of a court or legislature is a session occurring in accordance with a fixed schedule. REGULATE, REGULATION [L. regula ] To govern or control by rule or statute. To bring order to. To fix standards of conduct. The power of a legislature or governmental agency to frame, announce and enforce rules and standards for public conduct. Example: Con gress has the power to regulate interstate commerce. To carry out its statutes, Congress has created various federal administrative agencies and has given them the power to issue regulations which must be drawn from the underly ing congressional statute. The FCC, for example, has the power to regulate in the area of communications under the Federal Communications Act. A regu lation is a rule having the force of law, adopted and pronounced by a federal agency with authority to control public conduct and activity in a given area or subject, e.g., aviation, trade practices, securities, etc. The IRS issues regula tions to interpret and enforce the Internal Revenue Code. State and local agencies may also issue regulations to govern activity within their spheres of authority. REGULATORY (AGENCY) [L. regula / a rule or model] Possessing the power to issue rules or regulations. Dealing with regulations. A regulatory agency is a unit of the executive branch of government which is created by the legislature and authorized to issue and enforce regulations in a particular area of government. Examples: the Federal Communications Com mission is the regulatory agency empowered to regulate all instruments of public communication; the National Labor Relations Board regulates rela tionships between employers and unions. REHABILITATION (REHAB) [L. re + habilis , habilitas / manageable, handy, having aptitude] To restore to a former state; to return to a position of good repute or good health; to improve or better. The word has several meanings. To rehabilitate a debtor or insolvent is to restore him to solvency or financial stability. To rehabilitate a drug addict or alcoholic is to retrain him to avoid dependency. To rehabilitate a witness is to restore his credibility on redirect examination after his credibility has been shaken or compromised on cross examination. To rehabilitate a criminal is to restore him to a productive place in society through therapy, job training or other incentive.

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