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Definition of RICO Act
1. Noun. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
Generic synonyms: Law
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of RICO Act
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Literary usage of RICO Act
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law and Policy of Annexation: With Special Reference to the Philippines by Carman Fitz Randolph (1901)
"... duties collected upon foreign goods brought to the islands must be the same
as are imposed in the rest of the United States.2 The Porto Rico Act While ..."
2. The Administration of Dependencies: A Study of the Evolution of the Federal by Alpheus Henry Snow (1902)
"And this result comes from the failure of Congress to use the word "incorporate "
in the [Porto Rico] Act, although by the same Act all power exercised by ..."
3. The Administration of Dependencies: A Study of the Evolution of the Federal by Alpheus Henry Snow (1902)
"And this result comes from the failure of Congress to use the word "incorporate "
in the [Porto Rico] Act, although by the same Act all power exercised by ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"Can our jurisdiction be sustained by ivf- erence to the words, in the Porto Rico
act, "in all cases where the Constitution of the United States, ..."
5. Report of the Proceedings by Flexographic Technical Association (1901)
"The Porto Rico Act (known as the Foraker Act), entitled, "An Act temporarily to
provide revenues and civil government for Porto Rico," approved April 12, ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1912)
"... and the reservation by Congress of the power to annul the H same (a similar
provision is in the Porto '- Rico'act), that "the relation of Congress* to ..."
7. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States, of by United States, Edward Thompson Company (1918)
"... PORTO RICO Act of March Ц, 1900, eh. 9l, 1258. Appropriation of Amount of
Customs Revenue on Importations from Porto Rico for Use of Its Government, ..."
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