recusancy
/ɹɪkjˈuːsənsi/
nounobstinate refusal to submit to established authority or to comply with a regulation
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1. Recusancy fines for not attending the Church of England were raised from one shillings a month to twenty pounds.
2. That's a four hundredfold increase in the size of recusancy fines.
3. The fines levied upon them for their Catholic recusancy were often very selectively and intermittently enforced.
recusant
/ɹɪkjˈuːsənt/
nounsomeone who is reluctant to submit to an authority
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1. Since so much of the religion relies on a priest to say mass and give confession, recusant Catholics began to hide priests in their home.
2. He attended St. Peter’s School in York, which had a lot of recusant Catholic teachers and students.
3. A recusant Catholic man named Thomas Percy was a cousin of Henry Percy, the 9th Earl of Northumberland.
4. James temporarily stopped collecting fees that recusant Catholics were required to pay for skipping Protestant service.
5. It may have even been Lord Monteagle himself, writing a fake letter after hearing letters through the Catholic recusant grapevine.
to regulate
/ˈɹɛɡjəˌɫeɪt/
verbto control, direct, or adjust something in a way that agrees with rules and regulations
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1. An automatic timer regulates the watering schedule.
2. And our 365-and-a-quarter-day journey around the sun regulates cycles of seasons, harvests, and migrations.
3. Apples can regulate cholesterol levels.
4. Whereas, serotonin regulates mood and social behaviour.
5. And the clip actually regulates the weight.
regulation
/ˌɹɛɡjəˈɫeɪʃən/
nouna set of rules made by the government, etc., dealing with the procedures or details
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1. Regulation can also create positive externalities.
2. Regulations say so?
3. We need regulations.
4. Regulation is kind of a luxury.
5. Regulation means the law!
regulation
/ˌɹɛɡjəˈɫeɪʃən/
adjectivein accordance with the established rules, customs, etc.
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1. Regulation can also create positive externalities.
2. Regulations say so?
3. We need regulations.
4. Regulation is kind of a luxury.
5. Regulation means the law!
to require
/ˌɹiˈkwaɪɝ/, /ɹiˈkwaɪɹ/, /ɹɪˈkwaɪɝ/
verbto be obligated to do something because it is demanded by a law or rule
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1. You can do the workouts with any brand of equipment, and many of the workouts require just a set of dumbbells or no equipment at all.
2. Bestow's digital life insurance experience never requires a doctor's visit, phone screening, or medical exam.
3. Such precision flying requires regular maintenance, especially in the rain.
4. Young dogs require several vaccines.
5. For instance, adequate testosterone production requires at least 3 hours of high quality sleep.
requirement
/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/
nounsomething that is really needed or wanted
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1. Fuel requirements also limited range to Transatlantic journeys, without any Transpacific cash cows.
2. Two-state requirement says otherwise.
3. Requirements vary by state.
4. This requirement sets a very low bar for the government.
5. Basically, laws never fail this requirement.
to restrict
/ɹiˈstɹɪkt/
verbto put someone or something under control by laws and rules
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1. Then-governor of California Ronald Reagan, with the support of the NRA, restricted its open-carry laws with the Mulford Act of 1967.
2. Another type of equity compensation is restricted stock awards.
3. The new governments in both countries are heavily restricting evolutionary teaching.
4. However, after about 15 minutes the harness restricted blood flow to his legs.
5. Seriously, one in your lungs can severely restrict your blood flow to the body.
restricted
/ɹiˈstɹɪktəd/, /ɹiˈstɹɪktɪd/
adjectivelimited or controlled by laws or regulations
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1. They have a restricted host range.
2. And the communication is very restricted.
3. Our last word today is RESTRICTED.
4. Restricted stock awards are a gift of company shares to an employee.
5. But linear transformations are, of course, much more restricted than your run-of-the-mill function with a 2D input and a 1D output.
restriction
/ɹiˈstɹɪkʃən/
nouna rule or law that limits what one can do or the thing that can happen
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1. The Trump era restriction affected thousands of migrants.
2. The whole pod gets restriction.
3. Certain restrictions apply.
4. A sagittarius also hates restrictions.
5. As well, the learning driver has other restrictions as well.
rigorous
/ˈɹɪɡɝəs/
adjective(of a rule, process, etc.) strictly followed or applied
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1. The U.K. vaccine underwent rigorous testing.
2. We used very rigorous standards.
3. Be intellectually rigorous.
4. DNA is now pretty rigorous.
5. This theory is very rigorous.
rigorously
/ˈɹɪɡɝəsɫi/
adverbin a rigidly harsh or demanding manner
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1. I should rigorously examine cat versus dog, cat versus dog things.
2. Now, science is rigorously testing this hypothesis.
3. I exercise rigorously.
4. whether those laws are rigorously enforced.
5. We have measured our progress very rigorously.
rule
/ˈɹuɫ/
nounan instruction that says what is or is not allowed in a given situation or while playing a game
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1. So does a site like this have rules?
2. DIY beauty regimes are ruling the beauty world right now.
3. Dogs need rules.
4. -Because women rule the house.
5. Daddy ruled.
rule book
/ɹˈuːl bˈʊk/
nouna set of rules and regulations that must be followed in a particular organization, occupation, etc.
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1. A rule book that will help you through life.
2. Check the rule book for details.
3. Check the rule book for details.
4. Check the rule book for those details.
5. Unsheathe the rule book.
to slap on
/slˈæp ˈɑːn/
verbto command someone to do something immediately, often as punishment
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statute
/ˈstætʃut/
nounan officially written and established law
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1. They interpret statutes.
2. This statute also has a higher consent requirement.
3. The statute does require a finding.
4. The statute clearly provides in the definition section that foreign-- POTTER STEWART: Majority ownership?
5. The statute includes things like kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion and a list of a whole lot of other things.
statutory
/ˈstætʃəˌtɔɹi/
adjectiveaccording to or permitted by law
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1. We know statutory remuneration.
2. Well, the holding in Wynne was a statutory holding.
3. What percentage are statutory cases?
4. And then your policy views, your views of fairness don't trump the statutory text.
5. And then he just applied statutory construction.
statutory instrument
/stˈætʃətˌoːɹi ˈɪnstɹəmənt/
noun(in the UK) a type of order that has legal status and is issued by a government minister or someone with a legal authority
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1. Indeed, one of the widest provisions in legislation for statutory instruments is in the 2006 Regulatory Reform Act.
2. But once the transition period ends, after 1st of January 2021, all of these statutory instruments will need to be revisited in one form or another.
3. Those regulations are in the form of a statutory instrument.
4. A statutory instrument has the same effect as an act of parliament.
5. This is not what a government should be doing with statutory instruments.
to stipulate
/ˈstɪpjəˌɫeɪt/
verbto specify that something needs to be done or how it should be done, especially as part of an agreement
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1. Montana law stipulates that an attorney must present proxy marriages to the court on behalf of our clients.
2. Can you stipulate to that?
3. The Molotov-Togo Agreement of September 15 stipulated the ceasing of all hostilities.
4. - Will you stipulate to something in the squash family?
5. I stipulated that.
stipulation
/ˌstɪpjəˈɫeɪʃən/
nounan official statement, condition, or agreement to do or forbear something
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1. Pepin accepted this stipulation.
2. However, there is some stipulation.
3. The stipulation is that they may take a card in a row depending on the number of Workers at the Workshop.
4. Verse 5 contains God's stipulations.
5. So first, I'm going to make some stipulations.
strict
/ˈstɹɪkt/
adjectivedescribing rules that must be obeyed under any circumstances
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1. A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train.
2. father is very strict.
3. My home life was quite strict.
4. Requirements for international adoptions by U.S. citizens are usually stricter.
5. My parents are very strict.
strictness
/stɹˈɪktnəs/
noun(of a law) the fact of being severe and requiring rules to be obeyed
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1. The Commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerity, benevolence, courage and strictness.
2. The Commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerity, benevolence, courage and strictness.
3. The main foundation of his system was strictness.
4. The Commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerity, benevolence, courage and strictness.
5. The Commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerity, benevolence, courage and strictness.
strictly
/ˈstɹɪktɫi/
adverbin a way that demands complete obedience
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1. But authorities strictly controlled their trip.
2. - Strictly pimping.
3. - Strictly pimping.
4. So similarly, 9 strictly dominates 10.
5. Also, strictly follow the advice of your trainer.
stringent
/ˈstɹɪndʒənt/
adjective(of a law, regulation, rule, etc.) extremely limiting and strict
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1. - It's a stringent.
2. Ah yes, the tariffs of this sci-fi realm are extremely stringent.
3. The supply chain and the labeling laws are very stringent, especially in this country.
4. So more stringent measures were taken.
5. The requirements were very stringent.
submission
/səbˈmɪʃən/
nounthe state or act of accepting defeat and not having a choice but to obey the person in the position of power
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1. Muslims believe that God sent Muhammad as the final prophet to bring people back to the one true religion, which involves the worship of, and submission to, a single and all-powerful God.
2. A society of surveillance is just one step away from a society of submission.
3. Forget the submission.
4. The other S word is submission.
5. Submission brings peace.
the letter of the law
/ðə lˈɛɾɚɹ ʌvðə lˈɔː/
phrasethe exact literal interpretation of a law or agreement as opposed to its general meaning
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1. I wanted to make sure that everything that was in the books-- it was like, all right, let's treat that like the letter of the law.
2. By the letter of the law, the move violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, but Roosevelt had no recourse but to allow the purchase.
3. In a nutshell, a person declared dead in absentia is, by the letter of the law, dead.
4. As it turns out, thanks to the Royal Prerogative, a terrifying amount if she really felt like it, or, at least, assuming parliament went by the letter of the law and they and the people didn’t decide to stage a little revolt.
5. However, official guidelines state that an officer can choose to take no action, or simply give a stern warning, if a person only exceeds the speed limit within the bounds of 10% plus an additional 2 MPH, after which they are by the letter of the law required to take action regardless of how good a mood the officer is in, the severity of which depends on a combination of their own discretion and how much the individual was speeding by.
three-line whip
/θɹˈiːlˈaɪn wˈɪp/
noun(in the UK) a written instruction given to MPs by the leader of their party that states they should vote in a particular way on a specific issue in parliament
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tough
/ˈtəf/
adjectiveinsisting that rules be followed strictly and treating people harshly
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1. Addiction overall is tough on any human being.
2. The execution of that is much tougher.
3. The first part of her trip was tough.
4. Life in Poland was tough during the latter part of the 19th century.
5. That one was tough.
to toughen
/ˈtəfən/
verbto make something such as a rule or policy stronger
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1. As a result, Stalin toughened his stance, not only against the government, but against other Socialist parties.
2. The tasty treat that'll toughen your tummy.
3. But in 1998, Switzerland toughened its anti-money laundering laws.
4. It just toughens them.
5. Meanwhile, egg whites toughen the skin and lemon juice absorbs the oil.
without fail
/wɪðˌaʊt fˈeɪl/
phraseused to emphasize the occurrence of something within a specified time and exactly as instructed
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1. And without fail, nearly every single holiday event would end up with me crying in the bathroom or being in the basement area or just any other separate room away from them and crying and then there would be fights, and it was just so frustrating.
2. I just really, really hated being left out of conversation, and without fail I would always end up in either a bathroom or a basement, and I would start crying to myself.
3. When I plan on going out, if I'm spending a lot of time out, then I will wear both a tampon and a pad, and I do mean like an actual pad, not a pantyliner, because when I use up a tampon, always, without fail, even if it's just three or something hours, when I go to the bathroom, and you know, when I pull my pants down, there's blood on the pad, and I don't mean like a little bit.
4. Every time without fail, and then maybe they'll actually tell you what time it is, but for the most part it's always starting out with, "Frankie, it's time to get a watch."
5. Today is the safest time, without fail, to be alive.