Definition of Police power

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Police Power
Inherent power of state governments, often delegated in part tolocal governments, to impose upon private rights those restrictions that arereasonably related to promotion and maintenance of the health, safety, moralsand general welfare of the public.

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Police power
Police power is the capacity of a state to regulate behaviours and enforce order within its territory, often framed in terms of public welfaresecuritymorality, and safety. Police power is legally considered an inherent power, limited only by prohibitions specified in the constitution of a state, making it the most expansive authorized power exercised by a state.

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