Sentence examples similar to laid down definition from inspiring English sources
He also lays down definitions of a number of terms, including continuity.
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 9a in order to specify further elements of the definitions laid down in points (bb), (o), (bb) and (sa) of the first paragraph of this Article, to take into account market developments, experience in the application of disclosure rules, and new, or changing, definitions on a European level.
The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour have reached an agreement laying down the definition of what constitutes a "micro business" that will be exempt from the government's controversial plans which could allow courts to impose exemplary damages on newspapers who refuse to join an approved regulator and lose libel cases.
To give a few examples, we speak of a commission as defining the boundary between two nations; of the Supreme Court as defining, through its rulings, "person" and "citizen"; of a chemist as discovering the definition of gold, and the lexicographer, that of 'cool'; of a participant in a debate as defining the point at issue; and of a mathematician as laying down the definition of "group".
Importantly, neither of them affects the very definition of waste as laid down in the Directive, which has "to discard" at its core.
Rivers has already laid down the law.
Chandler laid down his terms.
Neither ship was ever laid down.
Never break rules that were laid down.
