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Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.A federal agency created in 1934 to insure deposits in savings-and-loan associations and savings banks. • When this agency became insolvent in 1989, its assets and liabilities were transferred to an insurance fund managed by the FDIC. — Abbr. FSLIC. See RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION. [Cases: Building and Loan Associations 48.…

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.The rules governing criminal proceedings in the U.S. district courts. — Abbr. Fed. R. Crim. P. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 23.] FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE Federal Rules of Evidence.The rules governing the admissibility of evidence at trials in federal courts. — Abbr. Fed. R. Evid.; FRE. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 21–44.…

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.The rules governing civil actions in the U.S. district courts. — Abbr. Fed. R. Civ. P.; FRCP. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 31–44. C.J.S. Evidence § 7.] “Chief Justice Hughes in 1935 appointed fourteen lawyers and law teachers as the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, with William D.…

Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.The rules governing proceedings instituted under the Bankruptcy Code. — Abbr. Fed. R. Bankr. P. [Cases: Bankruptcy 2129. C.J.S. Bankruptcy § 6.][Blacks Law 8th]

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.The rules governing appeals to the U.S. courts of appeals from lower courts, some federal-agency proceedings, and applications for writs. — Abbr. Fed. R. App. P.; FRAP. [Cases: Federal Courts 522.][Blacks Law 8th]

Federal Rules Enabling Act.A 1934 statute granting the U.S. Supreme Court the authority to adopt rules of civil procedure for federal courts. • For the rulemaking power of federal courts today, see 28 USCA §§ 2071, 2072. See also Fed. R. Civ. P. 83; Fed. R. Crim. P. 57. [Cases:Federal Civil Procedure 31.][Blacks Law 8th]

Federal Reserve System.The central bank that sets credit and monetary policy by fixing the reserves to be maintained by depository institutions, determining the discount rate charged by Federal Reserve Banks, and regulating the amount of credit that may be extended on any security. The Federal Reserve System was established by the Federal Reserve Act of…

Federal Rules Decisions.See F.R.D.[Blacks Law 8th]

Federal Reporter Third Series.See f.3d.[Blacks Law 8th]

Federal Reporter Second Series.See f.2d.[Blacks Law 8th]