open season

NOUN

legal period for an action

Synonyms

WEAK

hunting season legal hunting period period of attack piling on unrestrained attack

Example Sentences

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The open season runs through Dec. 19.

From Los Angeles Times

The companies are currently scoping out demand and seeking commitments from customers in what is known as an “open season.”

From Los Angeles Times

When the state fish commission offered a last-minute extension, declaring a one-day open season on Fraser River sockeyes, Emancipator owner and skipper Nick Barhanovich jumped at the chance.

From Seattle Times

"Once one doctor is let off the hook in a criminal trial, it would be open season for other doctors who wanted to perform bad faith terminations," he said.

From Salon

Framed that way, it’s actually a little frightening that Arizona came within one vote of pushing us further toward a world of open season on any case that Republican-led states and Republican-appointed justices don’t like.

From Slate