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Synonyms for statute

the formal product of a legislative or judicial body

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Unlike the proposed changes to the DIAC Rules, which have been widely circulated in draft form, no proposed changes to the previous DIAC statute were circulated prior to its enactment as far as the authors of this article are aware.
Dr Mahathir said the government had to backtrack on its decision to ratify the statute because some people twisted information when they knew nothing about it.
'I sincerely hope that the departure of the Philippines from the Rome Statute is only temporary and that it will re-join the Rome Statute family in the future,' Kwon said.
* California's statute specifically uses the word consumer
After finding that the child-endangerment statute can apply only when a person with a duty of care directly supervised the abused child, consistent with Pennsylvania precedent, (16) the grand jury recommended statutory amendments to cover this conduct in future prosecutions.
Moreover, in the event a federal change creates a state tax refund for a taxpayer, the statute of limitations for reporting the federal change, rather than the standard limitation period, should apply to claim that refund.
What should you do if you are chased for a statute barred debt?
In the Grand Condominium case, the commercial unit owners challenged this new statute on grounds that it violated the contracts clause of the Florida Constitution.
In contrast, statues of repose, substantive in nature, extinguish causes of action altogether after a set period of time, e.g., 10 or 20 years, regardless of when the statute of limitations would begin to run.
The statute works on organizing all procedures, which the law entrusted the statute to organize, noting that major subjects addressed by the statute is organizing the single window, through which all corporate dealings can be accomplished, Minister Al-Saleh said in a press statement.
An examination of RICO and its legislative history sadly reveals that it does not contain a provision for a statute of limitations specifically designed to take into account the unique character of a RICO investigation and prosecution.
(13) Virgilio appealed this conviction, claiming the place on which she was operating her vehicle was not a way or place to which members of the public have access as invitees or licensees and, therefore, was not within the reach of the Massachusetts OUI Statute. (14) On appeal, the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed Virgilio's conviction, finding that relevant case law had not extended the governing statute's reach to all places in which an operator may have physical access.
By now, every attorney practicing in the area of workers' compensation knows about Florida Statute [section]440.13(9)(c).
Abdul-Aziz Muhaydin Khoja has approved the basic statute for the literary clubs and the accompanying internal statutes.