Deference definition

Deference in this context means that when local land use decisions are appealed to LUBA, the Court of Appeals, or the Oregon Supreme Court, the appellate bodies generally will not substitute their own judgment for that of local officials. Instead, they will “defer” to the local decision makers.
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Deference means considerable weight is given to the District staff member’s decision.
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Deference means yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgment of
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Examples of Deference in a sentence

  • Deference will not be given to initial denials, and MetLife’s review will look at the claim anew.

  • Manning, Constitutional Structure and Judicial Deference to Agency Interpretations of Agency Rules, 96 COLUM.

  • Baer, The Continuum of Deference: Supreme Court Treatment of Agency Statutory Interpretations from Chevron to Hamdan, 96 GEO.

  • Antonin Scalia, Judicial Deference to Administrative Interpretation of Law, 1989 DUKE L.J. 511, 517 (“In the vast majority of cases I expect that Congress .

  • Schiller, The Era of Deference: Courts, Expertise, and the Emergence of New Deal Administrative Law, 106 MICH.

  • Deference will not be given to the initial adverse decision, and the Appeals Administrator will look at the Claim anew.

  • Graber, The Nonmajoritarian Difficulty: Legislative Deference to the Judici- ary, 7 STUD.

  • Deference is made to trial strategy or tactical choices if they are informed ones based upon adequate preparation.

  • Manning, Constitutional Structure and Judicial Deference to Agency Interpretations of Agency Rules, 96 Colum.

  • Graber, The Nonmajoritarian Difficulty: Legislative Deference to the Judiciary, 7 STUD.

Related to Deference

  • Claimant means a person who believes that he or she is being denied a benefit to which he or she is entitled hereunder.

  • Hearing means an oral hearing and includes a hearing conducted in whole or in part by video link, telephone or other means of instantaneous two-way electronic communication;

  • Expense Advance means a payment to Indemnitee pursuant to Section 3 of Expenses in advance of the settlement of or final judgement in any action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, hearing, inquiry or investigation which constitutes a Claim.

  • Reviewing Party any appropriate person or body consisting of a member or members of the Company's Board of Directors or any other person or body appointed by the Board who is not a party to the particular Claim for which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification, or Independent Legal Counsel.

  • Appeal means a request for a review of the Floodplain Administrator's interpretation of any provision of this ordinance.

  • Competent Court of Law means any court or tribunal or any similar judicial or quasi- judicial body in India that has jurisdiction to adjudicate upon issues relating to this Agreement;

  • Adverse decision means a utilization review determination by the utilization review entity that a

  • Law means any law, statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, award, writ, decree or injunction issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Entity.

  • Final Internal Adverse Benefit Determination means an Adverse Benefit Determination that has been upheld by BCBSTX at the completion of BCBSTX’s internal review/appeal process.

  • Appeals Committee means a Committee or Tribunal duly appointed by by-law to conduct hearings under this By-law;

  • Alternate Judgment means a form of final judgment that may be entered by the Court herein but in a form other than the form of Judgment provided for in this Stipulation.