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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a state imposed upon" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a condition or situation that has been enforced or established by an external authority or force.
Example: "The citizens found themselves in a state imposed upon them by the new regime, which limited their freedoms and rights."
Alternatives: "a condition enforced upon" or "a situation dictated by".
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Iraq was a state imposed upon its inhabitants, a country whose preservation has cost too many lives.
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In the new fair-share case, many unions are looking to one of the most conservative justices, Antonin Scalia, to save them because he wrote in a 1991 case, Lehnert v Ferris Faculty Association: "Where the state imposes upon the union a duty to deliver services, it may permit the union to demand reimbursement for them".
In 1991, Scalia delivered a robust defense of fair-share fees, writing: "Where the state imposes upon the union a duty to deliver services, it may permit the union to demand reimbursement for them … where the state creates in the nonmembers a legal entitlement from the union, it may compel them to pay the cost".
Indeed, most traditional legal applications of human dignity emphasize not the community but the protection of individual rights, often in an effort to guard against state imposed incursion upon individual autonomy.
Just like in the Tibetan case (see below), a foreign state imposes values and norms upon a group of people, in this case of the Dani's.
The state imposed a quarantine.
To work well, the chosen approach must involve not just a single government's interests (or those of a few nations) imposed upon a vulnerable state.
A In addition to the New York State and New York City transfer taxes paid upon the sale of real estate, the state imposes an additional tax, commonly known as the mansion tax, on sales of residential property of $1 million or more.
The French emblem is a golden rooster imposed upon a red shield.
"We are talking about $60 billion a year imposed upon the business community".
"Now they are at risk of having a solution imposed upon them".
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