consent decree
noun
: a judicial decree that sanctions a voluntary agreement between parties in dispute
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Separate from the state law that sets the year-and-a-day deadline, Baltimore Police are required under the city’s policing consent decree with the federal government to complete investigations within 90 days.
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Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
Mayor Adams’ modifications to the right to shelter consent decrees for migrants were necessary.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Last month at a hearing on the consent decree between the Department of Justice and Ferguson that stemmed from Brown's death, U.S. Senior District Judge Catherine Perry spoke to the parties in her courtroom on what has since changed in the last decade, CBS affiliate KMOV-TV reported.
—CBS News, 9 Aug. 2024
However, the Louisiana State Police, which recently sent a contingent of troopers to New Orleans under a directive from Gov. Jeff Landry, does not have to abide by the terms of the consent decree, according to a federal judge.
—Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 31 July 2024
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Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
Mayor Adams’ modifications to the right to shelter consent decrees for migrants were necessary.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Last month at a hearing on the consent decree between the Department of Justice and Ferguson that stemmed from Brown's death, U.S. Senior District Judge Catherine Perry spoke to the parties in her courtroom on what has since changed in the last decade, CBS affiliate KMOV-TV reported.
—CBS News, 9 Aug. 2024
However, the Louisiana State Police, which recently sent a contingent of troopers to New Orleans under a directive from Gov. Jeff Landry, does not have to abide by the terms of the consent decree, according to a federal judge.
—Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 31 July 2024
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