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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
underenforce .
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Examples
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That should be “underenforced” tax and willing to do “with” some assistance ... as is provided to some by the law.
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen 2010
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That should be “underenforced” tax and willing to do “with” some assistance ... as is provided to some by the law.
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen 2010
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Incidentally, it is my impression that calling-while-driving laws are indeed underenforced.
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As this story suggests, American law is underenforced—and we like it that way.
Archive 2007-10-14 2007
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How can we use Golan to vindicate indirectly the otherwise underenforced limited times provision?
Congressional Power and Limitations Inherent in the Copyright Clause Rebecca Tushnet 2006
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Chris Sprigman, Virginia: One point to make – the limitations the Constitution places on Congress are systematically underenforced, and we should do something about it.
Congressional Power and Limitations Inherent in the Copyright Clause Rebecca Tushnet 2006
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All laws are underenforced, and all methods of enforcement are underinclusive.
IsThatLegal? 2003
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In practice, I suspect that many mentally retarded people do have sex — some exploitative and likely physically or emotionally harmful to them, and some quite fulfilling and likely beneficial to them — because these laws are quite underenforced.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sexual autonomy and the mentally retarded: 2004
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The professor in charge of the survey explains: These workers are being robbed, injured and beaten with impunity because of weak, underenforced and antiquated labor laws.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Afton Branche 2011
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Domestic violence is underenforced, not overenforced, because victims are disproportionately unwilling to come forward.
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