federal law

[fed-er-uhl law]

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noun

a law or body of laws passed by the central government of the United States or of any other country comprising states, provinces, or other quasi-autonomous units.
This act to protect migratory birds is a federal law enforcing an international agreement to which the United States is a party.
She is an expert on federal law.

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Federal law requires hospitals to guard patient privacy zealously, and L.A.

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The governors, he said, spoke about complying with federal law in contacting DHS over immigrants arrested and convicted of felonies — but also how they wouldn’t contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement if someone hadn’t yet received due process.

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Both the school district and a coalition of red states, however, argued that federal law does not clearly prohibit “unintentional” discrimination against disabled people.

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In other cases, the justice has staked out a far-right position, as when he suggested that a landmark federal law protecting Native children is, in fact, unconstitutional discrimination.

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Another significant distinction from 1992, according to people who lived through it, was the bipartisan coordination among local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

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