This could give the prime minister the legal assurances she says she needs on the temporary nature of the backstop.

The lengthy endband core slips on a copy of a sixteenth-century book, for example, are given as evidence of the temporary nature of its binding.

There were some criticisms in the press that interim judges were subject to political manipulation due to the temporary nature of their position.

The irrigation systems developed, though often of temporary nature, in many communes.

It found that the temporary nature of the contract modification and the emergency of the situation justified the law.