legal status
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalandstatus
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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status
noun
uk/ˈsteɪ.təs/us/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/
an accepted or official position, especially in a ...
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(Definition oflegalandstatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflegal status
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This may be related to the fact that a fetus does not have the samelegalstatusas an adult human individual.
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The author discusses practical issues such aslegalstatus, education, training, consent, and non-medical prescribing.
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After 20 to 30 years of hard work, difficult living conditions and an insecurelegalstatus, however, many are exhausted and have acquired health problems.
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Who could bar from fulllegalstatusthe men she advises?
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It often proceeded on a case-by-case basis in which the particular nature of the group's activity determined its own speciallegalstatusand powers.
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In another kind of response, the crisis of legitimacy, emerging from the lack oflegalstatusof sambandham, constituted the very ground for concern.
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All other theatrical enterprises possessed an ambiguouslegalstatusthat made them vulnerable to attacks by their privileged counterparts.
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Unwilling to accept this change inlegalstatus, the expatriate originaire community once again petitioned the administration.
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Yet thelegalstatusof the land is not so easily determined from the historical record.
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We conclude that thelegalstatusof patient autonomy is more tenuous than the assumed clinical0ethical consensus suggests. 2!
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Since arsenal workers held thelegalstatusof active soldiers, arbitrarily leaving the factory signified desertion.
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Secular and ecclesiastical authorities had to determine thelegalstatusof this body and see to its disposal.
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The legislation marks a fundamental change in thelegalstatusof women that had implications for the nature of marriage itself.
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In many legal systems it is, for instance, accepted that a major change inlegalstatusoccurs at birth.
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When evaluating women'slegalstatus, for example, it is first necessary to examine the nature of the law.
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In a practical sense, the issue of value differences can be illustrated by the differences inlegalstatusof employees in public and private employment.
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Ownership itself is not conduct but alegalstatus.
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The old style 'police personnel' of late medieval and early modern towns were very diverse in terms of their occupations andlegalstatus.
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Thelegalstatusof any recommendations-mandatory or advisory-will have an important bearing on approaches to implementation.
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For example, thelegalstatusof medical images has always been fraught with innate contradictions.
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