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federal law
[ fed-er-uhl law ]
noun
- a law or body of laws passed by the central government of the United States or of any other country comprising states, provinces, or other quasi-autonomous units: Compare state law ( def ), provincial law ( def ).
This act to protect migratory birds is a federal law enforcing an international agreement to which the United States is a party.
She is an expert on federal law.
Example Sentences
A federal law mandated that TikTok be sold to a non-Chinese company or leave the U.S. by Jan. 19.
But the suffragists, we see something different, and for all the compromises they made, they still didn't win the majority of the South because the South did not like the idea of a constitutional amendment or of even a federal law that would give women the right to vote, and they definitely wanted to exclude Black women.
Federal officials contend that the California law violates a federal law that guarantees parents’ access to their child’s school records.
“Long Beach fully supports paying workers according to state and federal law, and supports any outside review conducted by the Department of Industrial Relations for any employee who feels that pay is not being allocated per state law,” Modica said.
As long as the drug remains illegal under federal law, many big financial institutions will avoid working with cannabis companies, limiting their ability to get business loans, open bank accounts and accept credit cards.
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