What does dysnomy mean?
Dysnomy means (rare) Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare) Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws..
This is a dysnomy that should never find its way to the statute book. In the hands of a partisan and unscrupulous Governor it can be used to oppress his political opponents.
Only a few years elapsed when the Legislature, encouraged by this malign ruling, passed a law creating cities of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh class each. Again the people appealed to the Supreme Court. The situation became alarming. There was no telling where this kind of dysnomy would lead to or when it would cease.
Oregon has an income tax law, and now if the predictions of its opponents are going to be justified, there will be an exodus of the large corporations that have been making big profits in the state. But there does not seem to be any scramble for the trains out. Opponents of the tax law are pointing to it as another sample of the dysnomy brought about by the Oregon system of lawmaking.
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Dysnomy means (rare) Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws..
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This is a dysnomy that should never find its way to the statute book. In the hands of a partisan and unscrupulous Governor it can be used to oppress his political opponents.
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