balancing test

collocation in English

meaningsofbalanceandtest

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balance
noun
uk
/ˈbæl.əns/us
/ˈbæl.əns/
a state where things are of equal weight ...
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test
noun[C]
uk
/test/us
/test/
a way of discovering, by questions or practical activities, what someone knows, or what someone or something can do or ...
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(Definition ofbalanceandtestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Instead, he offers a more sophisticatedbalancingtestthat is designed to criminalize offense more sparingly.
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Defendant could not perform abalancingtestwithout falling.
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There are a great number of reasons why a substantial harm test is necessary rather than this very openbalancingtest.
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And even if there were a special need, thebalancingtestwould still not be necessary.
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Thisbalancingtestis often cited as having subsequently been used in a particularly subjective manner.
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There was also a discretionary provision in which there was abalancingtestbetween the public interest in favour of disclosure and the public interest against.
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It provides for the legal, unlicensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work under a four-factorbalancingtest.
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Anotherbalancingtestoccurs in the copyright domain, when analyzing whether a particular usage of a copyrighted work constitutes fair use.
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Thebalancingtesthe had proposed there was not needed here, since there was no special practical need that might have justified dispensing with the warrant and probable cause requirements.
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There has also been academic criticism of the fact that the courts have not applied any form ofbalancingtestto determine whether freedom of religion has been reasonably restricted.
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If the law is not outright or intentionally discriminatory or protectionist, but still has some impact on interstate commerce, the court will evaluate the law using abalancingtest.
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