Definition of Rico act

1. Noun. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.

Exact synonyms: Anti-racketeering Law, Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations Act, Rico
Generic synonyms: Law
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rico Act

RHCP
RHD
RHIB
RHIP
RHS
RHU
RI
RIA
RIAA
RIAs
RIB
RIBA
RIC
RICE
RICO
RICO Act
RID
RIF
RIFF
RIMA
RINO
RIO
RIQ
RIQs
RIRA
RISA
RISC
RIST
RIYL

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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