national code
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It said posts such as lifetime president in the IOA were against the national code, and it wanted senior officials to be limited to three terms in office.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2022
The California version isn’t identical to the model code; every three years, state officials rework the national code to fit California’s needs and promulgate the result as state law.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2021
Commercial kangaroo shooters must adhere to standards of humane killing, set out by a national code of practice.
From National Geographic • Nov. 21, 2017
A Justice Minister decided to patent the new national code of laws under his name, so any organization that wanted a copy — a court, an embassy — had to pay him for it.
From Time • Oct. 15, 2011
While the people were encamped at the foot of Sinai, God delivered to them through Moses the law which, with some additions and alterations, was ever after observed as their national code.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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