Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By legislative action; by means of legislation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a legislative manner.
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- adverb By
legislation , by the method of enacting laws.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb by legislation
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Examples
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Arranging health care in this way legislatively is theoretically offensive in the abstract, but in d concrete – it’s not going to involve any income shifting from anyone wealthy I know.
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Part of my job is to teach you how to work with such questions and see the range of possible answers because (some) lawyers need to persuade others to adopt the most favorable of a range of possible answers; other lawyers 'jobs include choosing an answer, either judicially or legislatively, which is the best answer for the circumstances or for society.
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But this will make it very hard, Wolf, likely for Democrats to do what they want to do legislatively, which is get enough Republican votes to pass and send the president a bill that demands troop withdrawal with a firm deadline.
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First, the idea of legislatively limiting punitive damages is well within mainstream legal debate, not an idea crafted solely for the tobacco settlement.
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DOMA, if not addressed legislatively, is likely headed to the Supreme Court.
Chris Weigant: Democrats Play Some Offense Chris Weigant 2011
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DOMA, if not addressed legislatively, is likely headed to the Supreme Court.
Chris Weigant: Democrats Play Some Offense Chris Weigant 2011
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There is little doubt the HHS decision will be challenged legislatively which would be a no-lose situation for Republicans.
Fred Rotondaro: Catholic Bishops Trying To Find Relevance In Health Insurance Debate Fred Rotondaro 2012
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These "mandatory spending" programs can be changed only legislatively and are not part of the budget process.
Meredith Bagby: Harvard Political Review Publishes Annual Report on America Meredith Bagby 2010
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The Obama Administration has made no effort to re-initiate countervailing legislation such as the NOPEC bill that then President Bush scuttled in 2007 by threat of a veto -- a bill that would have legislatively curtailed OPEC's sovereign immunity on American soil and helped to counter OPEC's glaring distortion of the oil markets.
Raymond J. Learsy: Exxon Profits Ironically Jump 41% While Our Government Snoozes Away Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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DOMA, if not addressed legislatively, is likely headed to the Supreme Court.
Chris Weigant: Democrats Play Some Offense Chris Weigant 2011
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