Word: impoundment
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Soon after the arrests, defense attorneys made a motion to impound the affidavit necessary for the issue of a search warrant, but Samuluk said Cambridge district Court Judge Wendie Gershengorn quashed the motion. The search warrant consequently will become a matter of public record...
Under federal law, the executive branch--of which the OMB is a part--is not permitted to impound appropriations without Congressional approval...
Owners of bikes the police impound will have to show some identification to have their bike freed, and a report will be filed with the University, Fennelly added. He refused to disclose who would receive the reports...
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker, who opposes the amendment but supports its goals, has warned Congress that the arrangement could give the President a line-item veto of the entire budget and grant him, in effect, the power to impound any federal funds he wishes. Congress would no longer be able to mandate or create new programs. In the name of balancing the budget, the President could theoretically drop entire programs without any possibility of congressional review...
Last week's hotel bill brouhaha made Miamians wonder if the Saudi spending spree was over. The hoteliers say Mohammad recently bounced 37 checks, and on Thursday they got a judge to impound his jewelry and cars still at the Diplomat. Several indulgent creditors, including a taxi company with unpaid fares totaling $157,000, were fretful, and Mohammad's construction crew walked off the job. But Rasheed, the family spokesman, was reassuring. "Everybody will get his money. Everybody will be happy, kiss the hand and come to work again.'' -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by William McWhirter/Miami