binding power

It called for an independent land commission with binding powers.

Much has been said and written of the binding power of love.

I wanted to tell him off, but I could not break the binding power of my seeing.

Fuller's reply argued for morality as the source of law's binding power.

The administration settled for creating a panel with binding powers to hammer out ways to make workers more productive in the future.

Mrs. Whitman's suggestion had no binding power on local school districts.

If the city ended the year with a deficit of $100 million or was unable to sell bonds, the board could resume binding powers.

However, a legislature also uses resolutions to exercise one of its binding powers that isn't a lawmaking power.

At that time it had binding powers over the city's fiscal affairs, but now performs oversight and advisory functions.

The only real government among the Cherokee was by town and clan, and though there were regional councils, these had no binding powers.

"You are my brother in blood," said Kadem, and his voice trembled in awe at the binding power of the oath.

Mr. Byfield observed that other beneficial qualities are binding power, thermal regulation and resistance to environmental elements.

Such is the binding power of tradition in the 183-year-old seat of city government, and particularly during an administration where public moments of warmth are rare.

Right now, he said, the Hudson River Park Conservancy, the state agency responsible for the plan, has no binding powers.

The Ombudsman has no binding powers to compel compliance with his rulings, but the overall level of compliance is high.

Although the commission has no binding powers, Dr. Osborn said she expected it to exert moral leadership in guiding government decisions and public opinion.

Moral authority Cameron did not disregard or despise, but he was more concerned with its educative than with its binding power.

Unlike Māori, Pākehā have generally not seen the Treaty as a document with binding power over the country and its inhabitants.

Here, instead, there had been a brief, savage shock which had disrupted the binding powers of practically every bolt, rivet and weld in the ship.

The model ought to be that of the European Aviation Safety Agency, and it should have the same binding powers over actions and enforcement.

This Parliament has not been formally consulted about the content of the accession partnerships, which means we are debating a political opinion with no legally binding power.

The watchdog agency, set up in the city fiscal crisis of the mid-1970's, could reassume binding powers over the city's budget if it fell out of balance.

The board could reimpose binding powers on city spending if the city ended the fiscal year on June 30 with a deficit of $100 million or more.

This oath has its binding power, as well as its potency by De Par Le Roy.

Since the early 1980's it has had only oversight authority, but the board could resume binding powers if the city failed to balance its budget or appeared likely to fail.