legal restriction
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalandrestriction
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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restriction
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈstrɪk.ʃən/us/rɪˈstrɪk.ʃən/
an official limit ...
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(Definition oflegalandrestrictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thelegalrestrictionfor a house of this size, he pointed out, was seven to nine people a floor.
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Although there is nolegalrestriction, you don't want the script refused.
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The natural thought behind the premise is this: if even the greatest possible self-harm does not warrantlegalrestriction, then less severe self-harm cannot do so either.
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I do not think it would be right to place alegalrestrictionon them.
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There is nolegalrestriction, and no long period of residence is required.
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In the case of the press, nolegalrestrictionis placed on the right to buy or launch a newspaper.
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This country is aching for alegalrestrictionof the hours of labour and will not be satisfied until it gets it.
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There is no question of thelegalrestrictionof the hours of labour or voluntary agreement between unions and employers on this matter.
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I have pointed out the onlylegalrestriction.
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If one chooses to operate as a partnership, there is practically nolegalrestrictionon one.
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Everylegalrestrictionmakes their task more difficult.
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It is not only sovereignty that is now regarded as alegalrestrictionthat is at stake but the fundamental reality of self-government and independence.
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Legalrestrictionof the hours of labour, if applied to many industries, would immediately find work for at least 500,000 men and women.
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Surely there must be somelegalrestrictionin the number of hours of labour in any particular work.
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As a sport, it is divorced from hunting with dogs and has no season, supervision orlegalrestriction.
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There is nolegalrestrictionagainst instituting a prosecution.
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That is the law—thelegalrestrictionupon our ability to use public money to acquire properties.
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That is the main reason why we should insist on every possiblelegalrestrictionon quota hoppers.
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Nevertheless, the narrowlegalrestrictionhas had the wider practical effect of reserving almost all conveyancing business to solicitors.
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