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  2. List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    LJJ – Postnominals of Lords or Ladies Justice of Appeal, plural (United Kingdom) LL.B. – Legum Baccalaureus — Bachelor of Laws. LLC — Limited liability company. LL.D. – Legum Doctor — Doctor of Law. LL.M. – Legum Magister — Master of Laws. LP — Limited partnership. LLP — Limited liability partnership.

  3. List of U.S. government and military acronyms - Wikipedia

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    DD-214 – Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. DEROS – Date Estimated Return From Overseas. DEVGRU – United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group. DFAC – Dining Facility (U.S. Military) DFAS – Defense Finance and Accounting Service (U.S. Military) DIA – Defense Intelligence Agency.

  4. General Schedule (US civil service pay scale) - Wikipedia

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    The General Schedule ( GS) is the predominant pay scale within the United States civil service. The GS includes the majority of white collar personnel (professional, technical, administrative, and clerical) positions. As of September 2004, 71 percent of federal civilian employees were paid under the GS.

  5. United States Military Standard - Wikipedia

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    Definition of document types. Although the official definitions differentiate between several types of documents, all of these documents go by the general rubric of "military standard", including defense specifications, handbooks, and standards. Strictly speaking, these documents serve different purposes.

  6. List of professional designations in the United States

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    A professional doctoral degree for naturopathic practitioners in the United States. Holders of the ND or NMD degree are known as naturopathic physicians in states where they may be licensed. The designation NMD is used in Arizona. Doctor of Business Administration. DBA or DrBA. Doctor of Education.

  7. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. federal government, sometimes simply referred to as "Washington", is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the president, and the federal courts, respectively. [2]

  8. Limited government - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Constitution achieved limited government through a separation of powers: "horizontal" separation of powers distributed power among branches of government (the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary, each of which provide a check on the powers of the other); "vertical" separation of powers divided power between the federal ...

  9. Earmark (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Earmark (politics) An earmark is a provision inserted into a discretionary spending appropriations bill that directs funds to a specific recipient while circumventing the merit-based or competitive funds allocation process. Earmarks feature in United States Congress spending policy, and they are present in public finance of many other countries ...