Synonym Discussion of harm. injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar mean to affect injuriously. injure implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success. â¨badly injured in an accidentâ© harm often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss.
Initiative. In political terminology, the initiative is a process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot. The first state to adopt the initiative was South Dakota in 1898.
California Constitution. Article 2. Sec. 8. (a) The initiative is the power of the electors to propose statutes and. amendments to the Constitution and to adopt or reject them. (b) An initiative measure may be proposed by presenting to the Secretary. of State a petition that sets forth the text of the proposed statute or.