Deference definition

Deference in this context means that when local land use decisions are appealed to LUBA, the Court of Appeals, or the Oregon Supreme Court, the appellate bodies generally will not substitute their own judgment for that of local officials. Instead, they will “defer” to the local decision makers.
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Deference means considerable weight is given to the District staff member’s decision.
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Deference means yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgment of
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Examples of Deference in a sentence

  • Baer, The Continuum of Deference: Supreme Court Treatment of Agency Statutory Interpretations from Chevron to Hamdan, 96 GEO.

  • Manning, Constitutional Structure and Judicial Deference to Agency Interpretations of Agency Rules, 96 COLUM.

  • Deference will not be given to initial denials, and MetLife’s review will look at the claim anew.

  • Deference shall at all times be paid to the authority of the Chair.

  • Deference shall at all times be paid to the authority of the Chairperson.

  • Mashaw, Norms, Practices, and the Paradox of Deference: A Preliminary Inquiry into Agency Statutory Interpretation, 57 ADMIN.

  • Graber, The Nonmajoritarian Difficulty: Legislative Deference to the Judiciary, 7 STUD.

  • Deference shall at all times be paid to the authority of the Convener.

  • Wasserman, The Changing Guard of Patent Law: Chevron Deference for the PTO, 54 WM.

  • Manning, Constitutional Structure and Judicial Deference to Agency Interpretations of Agency Rules, 96 Colum.

Related to Deference

  • Claimant means a person who believes that he or she is being denied a benefit to which he or she is entitled hereunder.

  • Hearing means an oral hearing and includes a hearing conducted in whole or in part by video link, telephone or other means of instantaneous two-way electronic communication;

  • Expense Advance means a payment to Indemnitee pursuant to Section 3 of Expenses in advance of the settlement of or final judgement in any action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, hearing, inquiry or investigation which constitutes a Claim.

  • Reviewing Party any appropriate person or body consisting of a member or members of the Company's Board of Directors or any other person or body appointed by the Board who is not a party to the particular Claim for which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification, or Independent Legal Counsel.

  • Appeal means a request for a review of the Floodplain Administrator's interpretation of any provision of this ordinance.