legal limit

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The DFC operates under a legal limit on how much financial risk it can take on at any given time.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

The report claims that as much as $49 million in excess rent may have been collected over the last year, an estimate found by totaling up all the asking prices above the legal limit.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

A necklace sold on Shein had 8,500 times the legal limit of cadmium, a toxic metal, they found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

There is a legal limit of a minimum of 190 school days each year.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

So on March 14, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare raised the legal limit for annual exposure in an emergency to 250 mSv.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland