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"The Law of the Sea focuses on what is on the ocean floor or beneath it, and it also specifies non-mobile organisms - and there doesn't seem to be definitive legislation with regards to what is in the water column".
Banks are fearful of prosecution and want definitive legislation that provides a safe harbor.
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Not definitive, just definite.
In some jurisdictions definitive action might require new legislation that codifies the relevant rights, interests, and obligations.
In September, the governor of Illinois suspended the revocation pending legislation that set more definitive guidelines.
Nonetheless, Mr. Angelides and Mr. Thomas said they hoped their findings would affect future legislation and serve as a definitive narrative of the crisis's origins.
In other words, it's yet to have a definitive answer (another example of technology outpacing legislation).
Nevertheless it might very well be that in the end the draft will not be accepted during the present legislation period, which makes also its definitive acceptation highly uncertain.
He would not, however, name a definitive date or timeline by which he expected the legislation to be considered.
After each of three other mass killings during his tenure, Mr. Obama has renewed calls for legislation without exerting much political capital, but the definitive language on Sunday may make it harder for him not to act this time.
But, in gauging how the legislation would affect corporations and very wealthy people, we can be definitive: they will benefit hugely.
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