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statute

noun as in rule, law

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The federal agency said its review, which began more than two years ago, hadn’t reached any “final determinations” about whether Cedars-Sinai violated federal statutes against discrimination.

“I can’t imagine, unless we have major revision of the statutes, that there could be massive elimination of the scientific core.”

FDA has broad statutory authority to ensure food safety, but the center, created in the early 1980s, is not explicitly protected by statute, and could in principle be dismantled by executive action.

In a 5-4 decision involving the credit bureau TransUnion in 2021, the court declared that it is not enough for a plaintiff to sue over a defendant’s violation of a federal statute.

As of 1994, the statute requires student selection through a “random, unbiased process” when a school’s applications exceed enrollment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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