domestic legislation

collocation in English

meaningsofdomesticandlegislation

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domestic
adjective
uk
/dəˈmes.tɪk/us
/dəˈmes.tɪk/
relating to a person's ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofdomesticandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdomestic legislation

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Domesticlegislationdoes not contain the concept.
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It also proves the case for the inappropriateness of universalizingdomesticlegislationand standards.
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Similarly,domesticlegislationin importing countries has a bearing on ecolabels.
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Presumably, this is because such an amendment would allow members to interfere withdomesticlegislationof other members.
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Therefore, contracts are developed under the discretion of the state(s) involved according to applicabledomesticlegislation.
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A constitutional article explicitly states that international law should prevail over secondarydomesticlegislation.
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All of these arrangements require members to adjust their trade policies towards one another (usually throughdomesticlegislation), granting each member preferential access to the others' markets.
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It is about the extraterritorial application ofdomesticlegislation.
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We need then to harmonizedomesticlegislationon offences and penalties.
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They have had rulings in their courts that no foreign legislation can take precedent overdomesticlegislation, which legitimizes their protectionist trade regime.
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The position depends on thedomesticlegislationof the importing countries.
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The amendment would freeze the position indomesticlegislation.
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The mechanism does not work effectively, even when a treaty requires changes indomesticlegislation, because of the inevitable delays.
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Secondly, ourdomesticlegislationis to the same effect.
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Moreover, it covers a field which is already the subject of draftdomesticlegislation.
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The purpose in handlingdomesticlegislationis to influence it, to change its nature and to improve it.
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This convention, together withdomesticlegislation, establishes reciprocal facilities between the two countries for the extradition of hijackers.
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Many aspects of the convention are already dealt with in ourdomesticlegislation.
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There is limited power to implement unilateral sanctions underdomesticlegislation.
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We have common law, so extradition treaties are complicated and necessitate changes indomesticlegislation.
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