applicability

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Opponents of the executive order claim that “jurisdiction” simply refers to the applicability of ordinary civil and criminal laws.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Finnish Customs said it was still investigating "the applicability of EU sanctions legislation to this case."

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

As the court explained, “that language is expansive and unqualified, confirming applicability to every such person.”

From Slate • Jul. 9, 2025

Once those discussions are concluded the UK government can either send it back to the assembly for a cross-community vote known as an applicability motion or decide the rule should not apply in Northern Ireland.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

By 1923, the tenth anniversary of Bohr’s atomic model, physicists were questioning its general applicability.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik