by law

This is a line of spending which is “mandatory”, meaning it must be spent by law on those eligible.

But the group said its ambulance staff were also assaulted in the incident by "law enforcement officers and members of a self-defence group".

Moreover, half of states do not have any safeguards in place to protect transgender patients’ health data from probes by law enforcement, according to a study published last month in JAMA.

Hairdressers, supermarkets and other shops had to accept Bitcoin by law, alongside its main currency, the US dollar.

The department’s independence from political meddling is a long-standing norm, but it isn’t protected by law.