incorporation by reference
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914)
Definitions from Case Law
From 271 U.S. 33 - Engel v. Davenport · 1926Most cited · 667 citing opinions
The adoption of an earlier statute by reference makes it as much a part of the later act as though it had been incorporated at full length. It brings into the later act 'all that is fairly covered by the reference,' that is to say, all the provisions of the former act which, from the nature of the subject-matter, are applicable to the later act.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The bringing into one document in legal effect, of the contents of another by referring to the latter in such manner as to adopt it