Sentence examples for to be binding from inspiring English sources

The referendum needed a turnout of at least 50% to be binding.

Surely an offer, made in public by the train manager, has to be binding?

Promises don't cease to be binding because the promisee is dead.

Some legal experts said precedent exists in Massachusetts for an oral settlement to be binding.

Arbitration involves a decision by an arbitrator, which parties have agreed by contract to be binding.

One issue where Omerta, the Mafia rule of silence, seems to be binding on both parties is the euro.

That rule is expected to be binding in the European Union and Australia, and perhaps in many other countries.

In short, an unratified treaty does not get to be binding law in the United States without Congress.

The French argued that a French ruling ought to be binding over what French citizens may see in France.

This time the quotas are likely to be binding – both German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president François Hollande have called for compulsory and permanent relocations.

The pension agency's motion highlights broader unresolved questions about whether the pension law continues to be binding when a company is in bankruptcy proceedings.