binding power
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbindingandpower
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binding
adjective
uk/ˈbaɪn.dɪŋ/us/ˈbaɪn.dɪŋ/
(especially of an agreement) that cannot be legally avoided ...
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofbindingandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbinding power
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Yet thebindingpowerof transfer is far from absolute.
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Whereas a law has definitebindingpowerand can be strictly enforced, administrative legislation, as in the case of guidelines, has relatively less legalbindingpower.
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Equivocation involved using internal ambiguities within an oath to loosen itsbindingpower.
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There is nothing about us that engages thebindingpowerof the norms.
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The certificates had nobindingpower.
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It has no compelling orbindingpowerof any sort.
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The code of conduct offers advice; it has nobindingpower.
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It is regrettable, however, that it is a report of initiative which has nobindingpower, but we must be glad for what we have.
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The committee's decisions on trade and currencies would have the samebindingpoweras cabinet decrees.
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But it was fully recognised on all sides that we were not acting as plenipotentiaries, and that our decisions had nobindingpowerupon those whom we represented.
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