legal foundation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalandfoundation
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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foundation
noun
uk/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/us/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when an organization, state, etc. ...
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(Definition oflegalandfoundationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It needs a securelegalfoundationin the debate with politicians, administrations, consumers and the public.
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My second argument for rejection concerns thelegalfoundation.
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He seemed to imply that they had nolegalfoundationfor doing that, which rather frightens me.
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It sets thelegalfoundationfor the things we want to have done in terms of care, treatment and aftercare.
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They will try to create advantages for people on the basis of thislegalfoundation.
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He said that civilisation could not exist without alegalfoundation.
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It is a document withoutlegalfoundationor statutory requirement on the individuals concerned.
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The consequential forced realisation of patients' assets to pay for their care is open to strong challenge as being withoutlegalfoundation.
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It provides better protection for children in those circumstances, and it establishes a clear and effectivelegalfoundationfor intercountry adoptions.
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If so, his argument rests on a dubiouslegalfoundation.
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Franchising takes customer benefits, which might have been eroded under the old nationalised industry regime, and gives them an explicitlegalfoundation.
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So there is no lack oflegalfoundation.
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We hope that this sounderlegalfoundationwill enable us to move towards some degree of relaxation in this direction.
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When we say that it does not have alegalfoundationthat does not mean that the inspectorate is not independent; on the contrary.
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This action lacks anylegalfoundation, is completely non-transparent and uncontrollable.
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If there is no sanction, what we do remains purely symbolic and has nolegalfoundation.
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This makes it very clear that there is alegalfoundationfor what we are doing.
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It is good that it sets out thelegalfoundationin domestic law for the move towards bilateral and multilateral agreements.
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We have a tendency in this country to prefer administrative solutions and long-accepted practices to a correctlegalfoundation.
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In fact, it has nolegalfoundation.
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