by law
Example Sentences
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Lawyers for the Alexanders argued that a sentence of 15 years, the mandatory minimum required by law, in prison was sufficient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The executor of the trust has argued Reiner is barred from accessing the funds by law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Back home, he said, nobody trusts the local currency, but citizens are required by law to use it anyway.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
She said the order told her they had been obliged by law to destroy many of the other records she asked for.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
I use the term racial caste in this book the way it is used in common parlance to denote a stigmatized racial group locked into an inferior position by law and custom.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
