statute
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It’s a community bank, in spirit and statute: a small asset base, local client relationships, and straightforward financial services.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Although the statute expires at midnight on Friday going into Saturday, surveillance programs operate under year-long certifications approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court -- meaning existing surveillance authorizations could theoretically continue through March 2027.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
But the statute of limitations on manslaughter, the charge most police officials and experts believed was appropriate in this case, had long expired by then.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
He has constantly maintained that when jurists interpret statutes, words are to be given the meaning that an ordinary English speaker would have understood them to possess when Congress enacted the statute.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Between the passage of Alabama's new death penalty statute in 1975 and the end of 1988, there had been only three executions in Alabama.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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