"Marchman Act" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "The act (1993) was named after former pastor Hal Strickland Marchman, Jr., (1919–2009), who advocated for services for substance abusers.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Marchman Acts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Marchman Acting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Marchman Acted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Marchman Acted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Marchman Acts",
        "2": "Marchman Acting",
        "3": "Marchman Acted",
        "4": "Marchman Acted"
      },
      "expansion": "Marchman Act (third-person singular simple present Marchman Acts, present participle Marchman Acting, simple past and past participle Marchman Acted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
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            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To invoke the Marchman Act, i.e., a means of voluntary or involuntary assessment and stabilization and treatment of a person allegedly abusing alcohol or drugs."
      ],
      "id": "en-Marchman_Act-en-verb-sKd34g-B",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "invoke",
          "invoke"
        ],
        [
          "voluntary",
          "voluntary"
        ],
        [
          "involuntary",
          "involuntary"
        ],
        [
          "assessment",
          "assessment"
        ],
        [
          "stabilization",
          "stabilization"
        ],
        [
          "treatment",
          "treatment"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "allegedly",
          "allegedly"
        ],
        [
          "abusing",
          "abuse"
        ],
        [
          "alcohol",
          "alcohol"
        ],
        [
          "drug",
          "drug"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, law, transitive, intransitive) To invoke the Marchman Act, i.e., a means of voluntary or involuntary assessment and stabilization and treatment of a person allegedly abusing alcohol or drugs."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Baker Act"
        },
        {
          "word": "section"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Marchman Act"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "The act (1993) was named after former pastor Hal Strickland Marchman, Jr., (1919–2009), who advocated for services for substance abusers.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Marchman Acts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Marchman Acting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Marchman Acted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Marchman Acted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Marchman Acts",
        "2": "Marchman Acting",
        "3": "Marchman Acted",
        "4": "Marchman Acted"
      },
      "expansion": "Marchman Act (third-person singular simple present Marchman Acts, present participle Marchman Acting, simple past and past participle Marchman Acted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Baker Act"
    },
    {
      "word": "section"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To invoke the Marchman Act, i.e., a means of voluntary or involuntary assessment and stabilization and treatment of a person allegedly abusing alcohol or drugs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "invoke",
          "invoke"
        ],
        [
          "voluntary",
          "voluntary"
        ],
        [
          "involuntary",
          "involuntary"
        ],
        [
          "assessment",
          "assessment"
        ],
        [
          "stabilization",
          "stabilization"
        ],
        [
          "treatment",
          "treatment"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "allegedly",
          "allegedly"
        ],
        [
          "abusing",
          "abuse"
        ],
        [
          "alcohol",
          "alcohol"
        ],
        [
          "drug",
          "drug"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, law, transitive, intransitive) To invoke the Marchman Act, i.e., a means of voluntary or involuntary assessment and stabilization and treatment of a person allegedly abusing alcohol or drugs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Marchman Act"
}