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Disallowance meaning
The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance. | A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the British monarch disallowing colonial legislation.
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Just a few weeks ago, the High Court in London imposed a judicial disallowance on Polisario sympathizers in the UK.
A successful disallowance vote in the Senate would mean that the determination — a legislative instrument that introduces eight new ethical obligations — is erased.
The level of “disallowance” follows a sliding scale, starting at 10 per cent of payments made during July and rising to the entire sum made later than October 31.
The disallowance of this possibility, the artists’ observations and narratives are the collective and personal statements this exhibition presents as well as individual artist perceptions, concerns and interests.
In 1895 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled that the Canadian federal government could pass remedial legislation to overrule the Manitoba Schools Act (see Disallowance and reservation ).