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Definition of public policy in English: public policynoun mass noun1The principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based. Example sentencesExamples - What does this picture of the impacts across social class mean for public policy?
- How can you draw a distinction between the two on public policy or any other grounds?
- The idea of the public interest used to mean matters of public policy or issues of social importance.
- Look, we believe that as a matter of public policy we should not have any of this sort of material on the internet.
- That discretion, however, must be exercised according to some important principles of public policy.
2Law The principle that injury to the public good is a basis for denying the legality of a contract or other transaction. Example sentencesExamples - That is why the Claimant's argument on this head is bad as contrary to public policy and must fail.
- What is the overlap between contracts which break the law and those which are contrary to public policy?
- Such an order can only be contrary to public policy and the court ought not to grant it.
- The Court came to the conclusion that it would be contrary to public policy to register that judgment because there was a denial of a fair trial.
- All their Lordships denied that public policy had a role in the decision.
Definition of public policy in US English: public policynoun 1The principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based. Example sentencesExamples - Look, we believe that as a matter of public policy we should not have any of this sort of material on the internet.
- What does this picture of the impacts across social class mean for public policy?
- That discretion, however, must be exercised according to some important principles of public policy.
- How can you draw a distinction between the two on public policy or any other grounds?
- The idea of the public interest used to mean matters of public policy or issues of social importance.
2Law The principle that injury to the public good is a basis for denying the legality of a contract or other transaction. Example sentencesExamples - Such an order can only be contrary to public policy and the court ought not to grant it.
- What is the overlap between contracts which break the law and those which are contrary to public policy?
- That is why the Claimant's argument on this head is bad as contrary to public policy and must fail.
- The Court came to the conclusion that it would be contrary to public policy to register that judgment because there was a denial of a fair trial.
- All their Lordships denied that public policy had a role in the decision.
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