The new statutes defined the Great Terror: in their first month, the average of executions in Paris rose from five per day to seventeen, soaring in the following month to twenty-six.
When the Michigan State Legislature consolidated the statutes defining the various memorial highways in 2001, they included the Veterans of World War I Memorial Highway in the law.
"The Legislature has never really defined in statute what they are trying to accomplish and what they are willing to fund," said Bill Peacock, the vice president of research for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative research organization in Austin.
The Independent Panel on Forestry, set up after the government volte face on woodland privatisation, wrote: "We propose that the public forest estate should remain in public ownership and be defined in statute as land held in trust for the nation".
"The government should now, with all urgency, create a forum... for the people of England to discuss if, and how, they wish to follow in the footsteps of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and access substantial devolved powers, clearly defined in statute, for their local communities".
The term is defined in various statutes and cases, as: "Any influence that induces or tends to induce a Government employee or officer to give consideration or to act regarding a Government action on any basis other than the merits of the matter".
"Interpreters" isn't defined in the statute, so the Supreme Court is supposed to give the term its ordinary meaning.
However, the justices appeared quite resistant to placing on "public health," which is not defined in the statute, the full weight of the industry's argument.
Necessity is a common law defence that has been developed by judges over the years and is not defined in any statute.
All three terms are defined in the statute and agency regulations and together identify the type of environmentally harmful activity subject to regulation.
