Tom asked the clerk if he could get an extension to submit his application after the normal deadline, but the clerk replied the deadline was calculated from the statutory period, spelled out in legislation, that neither the clerk nor his supervisors could override.

Congress approved legislation in December 2016 to cap public spending.

A number of same-sex marriages conducted last weekend have been declared null and void after the High Court of Australia ruled that the legislation allowing the marriages was unconstitutional.

Our surveys indicate that the public would support the proposed legislation.

Southern senators blocked anti-lynching legislation through the 1930s.

It is true that behavior cannot be legislated, and legislation cannot make you love me, but legislation can restrain you from lynching me, and I think that is kind of important.

The government has the power of legislation.

The Senate is expected to adjourn later this week, leaving weighty issues unaddressed and major legislation in limbo.

Existing legislation does not take diversity of races into account.

On a case-by-case basis, in accordance with legislation, the environmental assessment branch will consider requests from members of the general public to undertake an environmental review.