Sentence examples for legislative ambiguity from inspiring English sources

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The legislative ambiguity in language describing which retailers are deemed to be "engaged in the business" of arms sales means one seller in Florida who claimed to be a hobbyist was acquitted on charges of dealing without a licence despite selling more than 400 guns and making $30,000-$30,000-$50,000from gun show sales.

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A CRA repeal of Restoring Internet Freedom would be devastating to the FCC's plans, but likely would leave intact the legislative ambiguities that gave rise to today's issues.

If you look at its opinion, it's separated into various sections, the issues, legal, for legal opinion, the Division of Elections, V., the applicable law, VI., statutory ambiguity, and VII., legislative intent.

Looking at the original Act and Legislative Instrument, there was some ambiguity in the accountability arrangements for the NHIS, which has led to a period of institutional conflict.

The Park Service argued that the measure was unnecessary in light of the Bureau of Land Management's existing consultation process with tribes, and the Forest Service expressed concern with legal ambiguities in the legislative language -- though it sought to assure tribes that the agency supported "the basic philosophy underlying" the bill.

That left Section 5, but in several other decisions, the court has ruled, with considerable ambiguity, that Congress's legislative powers under Section 5 are more limited than Congress thought they were.

The ambiguity in the sentence, the Court noted, grew out of legislative chaos in the fight to pass the bill, not from some secret scheme to give the states extra powers, as the plaintiffs had argued.

In the case of Wright, Steinberg said there is "ambiguity" in the law about whether someone has established a domicile in a legislative district or is a resident of that district.

In Wright's case, Steinberg said, there is "ambiguity" in the law governing whether someone has established a domicile in a legislative district or is a resident of that district.

In light of this ambiguity, the court must resort to traditional rules of statutory construction in an effort to determine legislative intent.

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