local law

collocation in English

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local
adjective
uk
/ˈləʊ.kəl/us
/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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law
noun
uk
/lɔː/us
/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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(Definition oflocalandlawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflocal law

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This reduced the already limited capabilities oflocallawenforcement institutions, facilitating the importation of drugs.
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Locallaw, the federal constitution and industry-wide contracts ratified and implemented these changes.
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It displacedlocallawto be replaced by a national code of law.
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The proliferation of fingerprint bureaus in everylocallawenforcement agency had the effect of quickly outnumbering academically trained scientists.
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After high school she began work as a secretary in alocallawoffice where she spent her entire career.
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Except for uniform tariffs, business dealings fell within the jurisdiction of the state, andlocallawcourts were friendly to the active entrepreneur.
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That depends on thelocallaw.
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That is a matter oflocallaw.
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So do thelocallawsocieties.
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Conversely, powers concerned with problems which can only be tackled uniformly are decentralised, and thus the variouslocallaw-makers try to solve these problems, but without success.
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This is a matter for thelocallawenforcement agencies.
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A by-law is alocallawof the locality.
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It was considering thelocallawand its implications.
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Whether they expose themselves, by so doing, to a breach of thelocallawis a question one can determine only by looking at thelocallaw.
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The central authority legislates on a subject which is already the subject of alocallaw, and thelocallawis superseded by the central legislation.
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Those who enforcedlocallawmight not know for many months (and meanwhile could not find out) whether what they did deprived some one of due process of law.
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Consular officials are not qualified, nor are they permitted, to interpretlocallaw.
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There has been increasing activity on the part of thelocallawsocieties and their districts.
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I have had some representations from at least onelocallawsociety since.
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These includelocallawcentres, which have existed for almost 30 years.
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On environmental grounds, it enacted in 1991 alocallawbanning fishing by net or rake.
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The procedure throughout appears to have been in accordance with thelocallaw.
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There is also the problem of social welfare cover according tolocallaw.
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Where a putative subsidiary is established elsewhere, it must be tested underlocallaw.
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In accordance withlocallaw, this will be held with a jury.
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