by law
Example Sentences
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Any such payment would in any case require congressional authorization, as the US Constitution bars the president from spending Treasury funds without an appropriation made by law.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Counterintuitively, many of the AI companies seem to be calling for some sort of rules of the road to be laid down by law makers.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
In Zvernec, because it was a rigidly protected area for environmental conservation by law, people did receive titles, but those titles didn’t permit them to develop their property however they wanted.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
“The agency is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on First Amendment rights of the press.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
They are barred by law from doing so.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
