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shall

verb as in be going to

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The court determined that to be a violation of the state constitution’s protections that all elections shall be free and ordered the creation of a fairer, more proportionate map — not a countervailing Democratic gerrymander, but one that ensured every vote mattered.

From Salon

Under Yukon law, a newly- elected official must take it within 40 days of their election or else their win “shall be considered null”.

From BBC

Another clause also allows the president “to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate,” but those appointments “shall expire at the End of their next Session”—which in this case would not be until December 2026.

From Slate

Special prosecutor Cox issued a statement late that night after his firing and the seizure of all evidence from his office: “Whether we shall continue to be a Government of laws and not of men is now for Congress and ultimately the American people to decide.”

From Salon

This refers to the International Criminal Court Act 2001, which states that if the court issues a warrant for arrest, a designated minister "shall transmit the request… to an appropriate judicial officer", who, if satisfied the warrant appears to have been issued by the ICC, "shall endorse the warrant for execution in the United Kingdom".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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