legal process
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalandprocess
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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process
noun[C]
uk/ˈprəʊ.ses/us/ˈprɑː.ses/
a series of actions that you take in order to achieve ...
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(Definition oflegalandprocessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflegal process
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Instead of circumventing thelegalprocess, the regime permitted many trials.
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In the preceding discussion we have considered the case where a defendant is found but is contemptuous oflegalprocess.
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Despite all of this ethnolinguistic variety, thelegalprocessof obtaining a protective order operates, for the most part, quite systematically.
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Four problems emerged as thelegalprocessunfolded.
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Indeed, as we shall see, therapeutic evaluation is an inevitable part of thelegalprocessin all custody disputes.
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His research and publications are in the areas of torts, contracts, property, crime, thelegalprocess, and the relationships among law, economics, and moral philosophy.
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It is the glue that runs through all oflegalprocess, the medium of all interactive communication prior to, during, and after trial process.
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Chapter 4 examines the impediments to the functioning of thelegalprocessand the judiciary.
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For example, bankrupt tenants extended thelegalprocessagainst them for as long as they could in order to prolong their stay on the land.
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Moreover, thelegalprocessincludes other participants, such as organized religions, sports entities, and transnational criminal groups.
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The nature of thelegalprocessmay therefore dissuade potential claimants and limit the potential benefits of litigation.
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It must also be remembered that there are considerable barriers to justice for claimants, which result from the nature of the modernlegalprocess.
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Yet unlike cash benefits, assessment for community services is discretionary rather than subject to alegalprocess.
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To what extent are they denied basic human rights when they participate in thelegalprocess?
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The new legislation was enforced by the courts according to duelegalprocess.
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On the labour side, there was always the suspicion that alegalprocesswould have an instinctive sympathy with the employers rather than with workers.
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Only these four demanded a fulllegalprocesswhich might have resulted in trial and conviction.
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Moreover, a degree of individual freedom has been lost as well: the freedom to effectuate legal change through thelegalprocess.
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These are mainly used to invoke or legitimise the ousting or imprisoning of officials, and seldom translate into a formallegalprocessinvolving the judiciary.
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