Definition of policy

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Policy (n.) Motive; object; inducement.

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Convictism :: Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
Estoppel :: Estoppel (n.) The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable..
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy..
Warranty :: Warranty (n.) A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties..
Measure :: Measure (a.) A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure..
High-church :: High-church (a.) Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a..
Kingcraft :: Kingcraft (n.) The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy.
Father :: Father (v. t.) To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.)..
Policy :: Policy (n.) The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course.
Politic :: Politic (a.) Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty..
Protectionism :: Protectionism (n.) The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4..
Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy..
Impolicy :: Impolicy (n.) The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud..
Spoilsmonger :: Spoilsman (n.) One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service..
Expediential :: Expediential () Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy.
Acquiescent :: Acquiescent (a.) Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy..
Do-nothing :: Do-nothing (a.) Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy..
Adopt :: Adopt (v. t.) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted..
Defence :: Defence (n.) Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc..
Protection :: Protection (n.) A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade..
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