instrumentalities

Similarly, your proposal fails to account for certain instrumentalities of interstate commerce that should be subject to federal oversight.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010

It is incorrect to believe that states are not able to regulate "instrumentalities"

Robos 2010

It is incorrect to believe that states are not able to regulate "instrumentalities"

robocalls 2010

As in other FCPA enforcement actions, the allegations as to these entities are bare-bones, uninformative, and replete with legal conclusions as to why these entities are "instrumentalities" of a foreign government.

Newswise: Latest News 2010

While Routunda and Pham rely on a 1993 opinion from the White House Office of Legal Council that the clause applies when a foreign government acts through "instrumentalities", I'll head to

No Runny Eggs 2009

a philanthropical institution, or an educational enterprise, or a network of agencies and "instrumentalities" to bring to bear on society at large certain ameliorating influences or benignant reforms.

The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. John Lord 1852

"instrumentalities," which usually means a weapon.

unknown title 2009

• In the face of the evidence presented in the Guardian, Jacqui Smith cannot deny collaboration with instrumentalities in Bangladesh that were known by her office routinely to use torture.

Letters: Britain, Bangladesh and terrorist threats 2011

Ditto the vagaries of who qualifies as a foreign official under the law, a definition which is often extended to include not only "any officer or employee of a foreign government" but also anyone working for "instrumentalities" of a foreign government, a term that has been broadly interpreted.

Justice's Bribery Racket 2012

Presumably he did not consider these important -- or at least capable of being dealt with through the instrumentalities of a massive military buildup and an American Century.

Lawrence Wittner: Is Mitt Romney Ready for the World? Lawrence Wittner 2011