legal issue

collocation in English

meaningsoflegalandissue

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legal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.ɡəl/us
/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition oflegalandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegal issue

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The rationale for regulation is the assumption that discrimination is unfair; thelegalissuepresupposes the moral one.
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At the same time, thelegalissuepresupposes the moral one and the presumption of unfairness.
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We may watch closely, and offer our opinion for their reference, but we ought not cause an international controversy on thelegalissue.
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Measuring unfitness to stand trial : psychological analysis of alegalissue.
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Following the existing literature, we assume that as thelegalissueis specified in more details, the value obtained from the legal rule increases.
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The ascription to him of a work on so recondite alegalissuedoes therefore require some justification.
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Another problem is that it is a subtlelegalissue, not a straightforward matter of descriptive fact, whether a clause is foundational.
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Discrimination is a moral and alegalissue.
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Thelegalissueof ownership did not involve the composer at all once his manuscript had been sold to the publisher.
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What will she do with her very difficultlegalissue?
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For example, a nurse failing to record a prescription accurately in the patient record may be a matter of fitness to practise but will not be alegalissue.
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In cases in which changes in the rate of obsolescence and the frequency of application of thelegalissue are in the same direction, the impacts induced counter-balance each other.
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We shall not reintroduce the higher tolls until the currentlegalissueis completely resolved.
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The issue we are debating today is a social rather than alegalissue.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There are problems with cyclists not wearing helmets, although that is not alegalissuebecause there is no requirement for them to do so.
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People on the whole wanted general advice and explanation rather than legal opinion on a preciselegalissue.
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I apologise for the length of this reply but it deals with an importantlegalissue.
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However, this is not simply alegalissue.
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The letter raised alegalissuewhich required careful consideration.
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There is thelegalissueof sovereignty, and on that we have no doubts whatever.
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