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federal law
[ fed-er-uhl law ]
noun
- a law or body of laws passed by the central government of the United States or of any other country comprising states, provinces, or other quasi-autonomous units: Compare state law ( def ), provincial law ( def ).
This act to protect migratory birds is a federal law enforcing an international agreement to which the United States is a party.
She is an expert on federal law.
Example Sentences
The state noted that California’s 1,000 school districts regularly and routinely affirm that they are complying with federal law and “have already submitted such assurances†and compliance is “monitored annually through ... multiple accounting mechanisms,†according to the letter, which was provided to The Times.
The federal law, they say, takes precedence.
It instructs the vice president to make sure the institution adheres to the new policies, including by "seeking to remove improper ideology from such properties," and strips funding from exhibits or programs that "degrade shared American values, divide Americans based on race, or promote programs or ideologies inconsistent with Federal law and policy."
A federal law mandated that TikTok be sold to a non-Chinese company or leave the U.S. by Jan. 19.
But the suffragists, we see something different, and for all the compromises they made, they still didn't win the majority of the South because the South did not like the idea of a constitutional amendment or of even a federal law that would give women the right to vote, and they definitely wanted to exclude Black women.
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