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- adjective Not
legislated .
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Examples
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Wainwright and the rise of “civil Gideon,” a gratuitous and unlegislated Constitutional expansion spreading because of overuse and its resulting entitlement mentality.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Reinhardt Reversed for Third Time in Same Case 2009
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Even more alarmingly, the administration is now using the Federal Reserve as an unlegislated, all-purpose slush fund.
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So, in Tyson's view, there was no alternative other than having Treasury contrive its own plan, using the Fed as an all purpose source of unlegislated financing.
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Congress, in order to prevent unlegislated tax-rate increases, has indexed the tax brackets and some other parts of the income-tax code for inflation, which recognizes that a dollar of income in 1998 is not the same as one in 2008.
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In fact, Massa noted, "most traffic ticket fines are really just an unregulated and unlegislated tax on drivers."
Traffic Ticket Abuse by Cities – No Longer a Public Safety Issue | Impact Lab 2006
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Because it is unmandated, unlegislated, censorship.
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Because it is unmandated, unlegislated, censorship.
Susie Bright on "NSFW" William Harryman 2007
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And I will state flatly that no honest person would see this situation as anything other than a permanent, unlegislated tax on the citizens.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Is Somebody from Spain Hispanic?” 2007
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Because it is unmandated, unlegislated, censorship.
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That allowed the Conservatives to compare their expected tax regime against the older, legislated rates, instead of the newer, unlegislated ones.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: May 2006 Archives 2006
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