The Homeowners Association - HOA is an organization that creates and enforces rules for the properties and their residents. If you buy any property within the HOA jurisdiction, you automatically become a member and are required to pay HOA fees.
Under the separation of powers, each branch of government has a specific function. The legislative branch—the Congress—makes the laws. The executive branch—the president—implements the laws. The judiciary—the court system—interprets the laws and decides legal controversies.
<em>The system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.</em>
<em>A rule defining correct procedure or behaviour in a sport.</em>
<em>The discipline and profession are concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct of a community that are recognized as binding by the community. </em>
<em>Enforcement of the body of rules is through a controlling authority.</em>
<h3>Lawmaking:</h3>
<em>Lawmaking is the process of crafting legislation.</em>
<em>In its purest sense, it is the basis of governance.</em>
<em>The United States Congress is the lawmaking body of the Federal Government. </em>
<em>Congress has two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. </em>
<em>Each state also passes its own laws, which you must follow when you are in that state.</em>
<em>Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government and makes laws for the nation. </em>
<em>Congress has two legislative bodies or chambers: the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. </em>
<em>Anyone elected to either body can propose a new law. </em>