legal provision

collocation in English

meaningsoflegalandprovision

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legal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.ɡəl/us
/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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provision
noun
uk
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of ...
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(Definition oflegalandprovisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegal provision

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Furthermore, in each legal system there may be no unifyinglegalprovisionfor all the hypothetical cases that produce unjustified decisions-as-acts or unjustified decisions-as-rules.
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This is always the objection raised by persons who oppose alegalprovision.
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There is nolegalprovisionfor that concession under existing law.
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It seems to be a pious hope more than a strictlegalprovision.
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The review blames restrictivelegalprovisionand perverse financial arrangements.
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Alegalprovisionfor this purpose is not therefore necessary.
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The report states that, to justifylegalprovision, causation of harm must be proved beyond reasonable doubt.
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Irregularity is defined as contravention of alegalprovision, whether deliberate or not, exceeding 1000 units of account (about £800) in value.
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However positive a political commitment might be, the absence of alegalprovisionis regrettable.
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How can an individual take on all that with the proposed cuts inlegalprovision?
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I thought he was suggesting that some furtherlegalprovisionwas needed to deal with them.
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I am not aware of anylegalprovisionto the effect suggested in the last part of the question.
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I think a similarlegalprovisionis necessary as regards stamp companies.
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There is nolegalprovisiondealing with the amount of starch, etc.
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That means that in the vast majority of cases there is nolegalprovisionfor sickness for the agricultural labourer.
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We shall debate next week in another context anotherlegalprovisionwhereby we shall retrospectively renege on a contract made to certain individuals.
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It is not held in check by anylegalprovisionwhatever, simply by custom.
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Most legislation is designed to deal with those people who, ambitiously and deliberately, set about avoidinglegalprovision.
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It is surely wrong that in 1998 there are still huge gaps in ourlegalprovision.
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No speciallegalprovisionexists for patients over 65.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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