Sentence examples for provision was drafted from inspiring English sources

Like other parts of the law, what the court called the "self-care provision" was drafted in gender-neutral terms.

The original oil drilling provision was drafted in part by Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, a supporter of expanded drilling and an important envoy to other Republicans.

According to NOW, "The provision was drafted to gain the vote of abortion rights opponent Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb).

In the style of the Parliamentary Draftsmen of that time, many of its provisions were drafted with a complexity which was happily avoided in the 1996 Act", and criticises the failure to achieve more than minor reform of existing law.

That provision, ratified in 1868, was drafted with freed slaves in mind.

The provision was included when the document was drafted in 1868 and was not revised when North Carolina amended its Constitution in 1971.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, said many would withdraw their support if the conference committee embraced some critical provisions of the House bill, which was drafted almost exclusively by Republicans.

An ouster clause is an objectively worded provision which is drafted to exclude the jurisdiction of the courts.

He said, though, that the company may not call again if the consumer tells it not to and that the board was drafting regulations to enforce that provision.

While some Republicans said it was aimed at plaintiffs' lawyers, the provision was inartfully drafted to apply to all lawyers -- including those defending insurers and businesses.

After a water park in Florida was mocked for seeking stimulus money while the bill was being drafted, a provision was added barring states and local governments from using their money to build swimming pools.