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  2. Federal Acquisition Regulation - Wikipedia

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    Federal Acquisition Regulation. The Federal Acquisition Regulation ( FAR) is the principal set of rules regarding Government procurement in the United States, [1] and is codified at Chapter 1 of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 48 CFR 1. It covers many of the contracts issued by the US military and NASA, as well as US civilian ...

  3. Material requirements planning - Wikipedia

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    Material requirements planning. Material requirements planning ( MRP) is a production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes. Most MRP systems are software -based, but it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well. An MRP system is intended to simultaneously meet three objectives:

  4. Land Ordinance of 1785 - Wikipedia

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    The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the United States Congress of the Confederation on May 20, 1785. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west. Congress at the time did not have the power to raise revenue by direct taxation, so land sales provided an important revenue stream.

  5. Corvée - Wikipedia

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    Corvée ( French: [kɔʁve] ⓘ) is a form of unpaid forced labour that is intermittent in nature, lasting for limited periods of time, typically only a certain number of days' work each year. Statute labour is a corvée imposed by a state for the purposes of public works. [1] As such it represents a form of levy ( taxation ).

  6. Purveyance - Wikipedia

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    Purveyance. Purveyance was an ancient prerogative right of the English Crown to purchase provisions and other necessaries for the royal household, at an appraised price, and to requisition horses and vehicles for royal use. [1] It was finally abolished in 1660.

  7. Spanish Requirement of 1513 - Wikipedia

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    Drawing of a battle in the Spanish conquest of El Salvador, 1524. The Spanish Requirement of 1513 (Requerimiento) was a declaration by the Spanish monarchy, written by the Council of Castile jurist Juan López de Palacios Rubios, of Castile's divinely ordained right to take possession of the territories of the New World and to subjugate, exploit and, when necessary, to fight the native ...

  8. Military acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Military acquisition or defense acquisition is the " bureaucratic management and procurement process", [1] dealing with a nation 's investments in the technologies, programs, and product support necessary to achieve its national security strategy and support its armed forces. Its objective is to acquire products that satisfy specified needs and ...

  9. Requisition - Wikipedia

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    Requisition may refer to: Purchase requisition, a document issued by a buyer to a seller indicating types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services. Requisition in military logistics. Requisition of property by a government under eminent domain. Indian National Congress (R) (Requisitionists), 1969–1970s, former Indian political ...