assistance
Defined in 8 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881)
United States Code
10 U.S.C. § 2005 — in this section
The term “assistance” means the direct provision of any course of advanced education by the Secretary concerned, reimbursement by the Secretary concerned for any course of advanced education provided by another department or agency of the Federal Government, or the payment, in whole or in part, by the Secretary concerned for any course of advanced education provided by any public or private educational institution or other entity, but such term does not include the payment for any course of advanced education which is paid for under chapter 106 or 107 of this title.
22 U.S.C. § 2291 — for purposes of this section
The term “assistance” includes operational, training, intelligence, logistical, technical, and administrative assistance.
22 U.S.C. § 287E — in this section
In this section, the term “assistance” includes personnel, services, supplies, equipment, facilities, and other assistance if such assistance is provided by the Department of Defense or any other United States Government agency.
31 U.S.C. § 6101 — in this chapter
“assistance”—
(A) means the transfer of anything of value for a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States, including—
(i) financial assistance;
(ii) United States Government facilities, services, and property; and
(iii) expert and technical information; and
(B) does not include conventional public information services or procurement of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Government.
31 U.S.C. § 6501 — in this chapter (3 versions over time)
“assistance” means the transfer of anything of value for a public purpose of support or stimulation that is—
(A) authorized by a law of the United States;
(B) provided by the United States Government through grant or contractual arrangements (including technical assistance programs providing assistance by loan, loan guarantee, or insurance); and
(C) not an annual payment by the United States Government to the District of Columbia government under section 502 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198, 87 Stat. 813, D.C. Code, § 47–3406).
42 U.S.C. § 1382B — in this section (6 versions over time)
assistance referred to in section 1382a(b)(11) of this title for the 9-month period beginning on the date such funds are received (or for such longer period as the Commissioner of Social Security shall by regulations prescribe in cases where good cause is shown by the individual concerned for extending such period); and, for purposes of this paragraph, the term “assistance” includes interest thereon which is excluded from income under section 1382a(b)(12) of this title;
42 U.S.C. § 1490P — for purposes of this section
For purposes of this section, the term “assistance” means any housing grant, loan, guarantee, insurance, rebate, subsidy, tax credit benefit, or other form of direct or indirect assistance, for the original construction or development of the project.
42 U.S.C. § 3537A — for purposes of this section
The term “assistance” means any grant, loan, subsidy, guarantee, or other financial assistance under a program administered by the Secretary that provides by statute, regulation, or otherwise for the competitive distribution of such assistance. The term does not include any mortgage insurance provided under a program administered by the Secretary.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Writ of Assistance." ASSISUS (Lat. from assidere, to fix or settle).
In old English law. Fixed or certain. Assisus reditus, a fixed, certain, or pending rent. Kennett, Par. Ant. 314, 335. Called "rent of assize." 2 Bl. Comm. 42. Terra assisa, land let or farmed out for a certain assessed rent. Cowell.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
WRIT OF. See W A ssi. si a:.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Aid; furtherance. A writ issued out of chancery to exe-
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The namo of a writ which issues from the court of chancery, in aid of the execution of a judgment at law, to put the complainant into possession of lands adjudged to him, when the sheriff cannot execute the judgment.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Help, aid; furtherance. "Writ of assistance. A process issuer from a court of equity to enforce a decree as; to place in possession a purchaser of mort gaged premises sold for a mortgage debt after he has received a deed. Power to issue the writ results from the principl that jurisdiction to enforce a decree is co-extensiv with jurisdiction to hear and determine the rights o the parties — that the court does complete justice b; declaring the right and affording a remedy for its er joyment. But, as the execution cannot exceed th decree, the writ can issue only against a party boun by the decree. •> A purchaser under a decree for the foreclosure o a mortgage has a right to the writ to obtain possessioi as against parties and persons made tenants or trans ferees after the suit was begun.s
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A writ issued by Chancery to execute a decree for the possession of lands.