instructed

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The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”

From Slate • May 26, 2026

A spokesman for Reform UK said that Farage had instructed lawyers to apply to the court to have the judgment set aside - the formal process of seeking to have it torn up.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

To limit measurement error, the two-person teams were instructed to make decisions independently, so that each of Hollywood’s 30 census tracts would, in effect, be counted twice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Kissei said the reversal follows discussions with Japan’s Ministry of Health, which instructed the company to include new warnings for clinicians over potentially harmful side effects with the drug’s packaging.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The NSA had instructed him to patch up fraying relations with Britain’s intelligence community—and also to lay the groundwork for spying on America’s enemies, as well as some of its closest friends.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield