legal obstacle

collocation in English

meaningsoflegalandobstacle

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legal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.ɡəl/us
/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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obstacle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒb.stə.kəl/us
/ˈɑːb.stə.kəl/
something that blocks you so that movement, going forward, or action is prevented or made ...
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(Definition oflegalandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegal obstacle

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Therefore, their request did not encounter anylegalobstacle.
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There is nolegalobstacleto the payment of survivors' pensions to unmarried partners who are financially dependent on ex-members.
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Provided that balance is preserved, there should be nolegalobstaclein the way of that patient's getting the necessary treatment.
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All we have done is to remove what might be alegalobstacle.
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I was advised yesterday that there is now nolegalobstacleto the publication of the report.
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In such an area, there is usually some horse that can be ridden on almost any legal course, and past everylegalobstacle.
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There is nolegalobstaclein occupational pension schemes to the payment of survivors' pensions to unmarried partners who are financially dependent.
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There is nolegalobstacleto its adoption.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This deletion would remove thelegalobstacleto budgetization and, at least formally, clear the way for it.
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Therefore, there is nolegalobstacleto its approaching commercial markets for loans.
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The contracts with the three consortia must be signed and everylegalobstaclemust be removed from their path.
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Although there was nolegalobstacleto cross-checking those internal records, it used to be technically almost impossible to get different computers to speak to each other and compare data.
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There is nolegalobstacle.
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This may be possible now, but it does not happen, and where efforts have been made to bring that about they have met onelegalobstacleafter another.
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Had the previous marriage which created that relationship of affinity not taken place, there would be nolegalobstacleto marriage between the two people concerned.
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Eventually it was decided that there was nolegalobstacleto establishing formal diplomatic relations.
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He decided there was nolegalobstacleto that.
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An act when null and void in the beginning can not be alegalobstaclelater. 53.
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Thelegalobstacleto federal aid was resolved by gaining approval to transfer the funds.
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Once the legal obstacles were removed, however, the trade returned to around the volume in the 1510s.
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