| 单词 | entrenched clause |
| 释义 | > as lemmasentrenched clause c. Designating a clause, provision, or other piece of legislation that has conditions attached which make it difficult to amend or repeal. Frequently in entrenched clause, entrenched provision. ΘΚΠ society > law > [adjective] > various epithets applied to laws vagabondc1485 strait1503 strict1578 unrelaxable1615 sanguinary1625 standard1660 formal1701 supplementary1714 eludible1735 organic1831 antinomic1849 loopy1856 antinomical1877 contravenable1880 violable1885 nexal1886 entrenched1920 hard1935 1920 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 3rd Ser. 2 103 It [sc. the Act] contained an amendment to an entrenched clause in the Act of Union. 1931 Bull. Internat. News 8 4 The Statute was approved ‘on the understanding that the proposed legislation will in no way derogate from the entrenched provisions of the Act’. 1962 Listener 12 Apr. 626/2 A constitutionally entrenched Bill of Rights. 1993 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 5 Mar. 12 The monarchy is an entrenched provision of the 1982 Canadian Constitution. 2007 M. J. Perry Toward Theory of Human Rights viii. 89 It is precisely because it is so difficult to amend or repeal an entrenched law that entrenching certain human rights makes sense. < as lemmas |
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