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Impoundment meaning
A body of water impounded within an enclosure, such as a reservoir. | The act of impounding. | The state of being impounded.
Synonyms of Impoundment
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Drivers subject to enforcement face the potential for vehicle impoundment, fines from $600 to $4,060, jail time, mandatory rehabilitation, or required installation of ignition interlock in their vehicle.
A 30-day driver's licence suspension and 14-day vehicle impoundment at roadside (whether it is your vehicle or not).
Beginning 7/1/2025, establishes provisions regarding the designation of dangerous dogs, requirements for owners of dangerous dogs, and impoundment of dangerous dogs.
Cannone, the Superior Court judge, issued the “Order of Impoundment” on Monday.
In Saskatchewan, a positive oral fluid sample results in a suspended licence for at least three days, a vehicle impoundment for three days and four demerit points.
One such idea includes restoring the power of impoundment, which allowed Presidents to withhold congressionally appropriated funds—a favorite maneuver of Richard Nixon’s—until it was by Congress in 1974.
But GAO rejected that claim, saying Trump’s decision, carried out by the budget office, was a violation of the Impoundment Control Act, which requires notification to Congress of any such delay in an appropriation of funds.
The administration could also ask lawmakers to formally rescind the appropriation, which, under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, would allow Trump to pause the funding for up to 45 days.
The DOJ also redacted several emails from McCusker near the end of August raising additional legal questions about withholding the aid and the possibility that Trump’s actions violated the Impoundment Control Act.
The Government Accountability Office said the White House’s Office of Management and Budget violated the Impoundment Control Act when it withheld nearly $400 million for “a policy reason,” even though the funds had been allocated by Congress.
The government watchdog said the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) violated the Impoundment Control Act.
They were each served an automatic 90-day driver’s licence suspension and seven-day vehicle impoundment.
While boats are supposed to be inspected as they leave the desert impoundment, inspection stations there are overwhelmed and not all boats are thoroughly inspected.
One month after Lime’s Miami-Dade debut, Miami Beach officials pushed back against the company with $1,000 fines and threatened impoundment of Lime vehicles obstructing the public right-of-way.
The Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission stocked this impoundment with the proper species and number of game fish in 1965–66 shortly after its completion date.
Weir main A weir (also sometimes called an overflow dam) is a type of small overflow dam that is often used within a river channel to create an impoundment lake for water abstraction purposes and which can also be used for flow measurement or retardation.