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verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, intransitive, transitive
Topics: law
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Antonyms: none provided
History
The act (1993) was named after former pastor Hal Strickland Marchman, Jr., (1919–2009), who advocated for services for substance abusers.
