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"I have concluded that the statutory majority who voted for the scheme were acting in bona fide (good faith) and were not coercing the minority in order to promote an interest adverse to those of the class whom they represented," the verdict issued by High Court Judge Susan Kwan said.

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  1. noun A systematic plan of action: "Did you ever carry out your scheme of writing a series of sonnets embodying all the great epochs of art?” (Edith Wharton).
  2. noun A secret or devious plan; a plot. See Synonyms at plan.
  3. noun An orderly combination of related parts: an irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels.
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  • The Airport Operators Association, whose members include Scotland's main terminals, said the scheme was a non-starter.
  • The portfolio of the scheme is a blend of industry leaders and emerging industry leaders. —  Moneycontrol Top Headlines
  • If the scheme is approved, it will be the first time that Vietnam hosts an international film festival, attracting the participation of many countries in the region and the world.
  • From today the ICO will check websites to ensure that the scheme is being adhered to. —  UK Freedom of Information Blog
  • The goal of the scheme hardly mattered; for Raskin, as for any great con man, the scheme was a goal unto itself. —  VQR
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plan ·  method ·  theory ·  measure ·  purpose ·  strategy ·  arrangement ·  notion ·  organization ·  activity

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scheme:   scheming ·  schemes
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  1. Latin schēma, figure, from Greek skhēma; see segh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French schème = schéma = Italian Portuguese schema = D. G. Danish Swedish schema, from Latin schema, from Greek σχῆμα (σχηματ-), form, appearance, also a term of rhetoric, from Greek ἔχειν, future σχήσ, σ1ειν, 2d aorist σχεῑν, have, hold, √ σεχ, by transposition σχε, = Sanskrit √ sah, bear, endure. From the same Greek source are schesis. schetic, hectic, and the first or second element of hexiology, cachectic, cachexy, eunuch, etc.
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