binding effect

This means they have a binding effect on the general public.

"It may not have a binding effect," the lawyer said.

"The letter of the change may not have a binding effect, but the spirit certainly raises some questions," he said.

These do not have binding effect upon member states.

This must not lead to negotiations without binding effect.

It has no binding effect in law, but rather is used as a tool for negotiations and settlement.

Although the resolution has no binding effect, it does indicate the sentiment of the Senate regarding the project.

The problem with this solution is that recital 7 will not have any legally binding effect.

The resolutions expressed the "sense" of the House or Senate but had no binding effect.

Neither vote can take immediate or binding effect.

However, this binding effect has never been tested in a U.S. court.

Even if such a referendum were to held and most musicians voted in favor of retaining him, it would have no binding effect.

The old hands soon learned to control it; whisky had a marvellously binding effect if taken in sufficient quantity.

It has no binding effect on Congress.

The Republicans are also holding a straw poll, but the outcome will have no binding effect on delegate selection.

The Senate vote was on a "sense of the Senate" resolution that has no binding effect.

These other foods decrease the calcium binding effect.

Like executive orders, these have the binding effect of law over federal agencies but don't require the consent or confirmation of Congress.

That is, the binding effect of board of appeal decisions is extremely limited.

While the resolution has no binding effect, lawmakers seem likely to pass one or more measures this year intended to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.

That resolution would have no binding effect, but could strengthen a later resolution in the Security Council.

At the time of the Charter's original agreement, the British Government said that it did not have binding effect.

The referendum has no binding effect.

The chefs told me that alcohol had a binding effect on sauces and indeed added a touch of flavor, which my own experiments confirmed.

The United Nations report had no legally binding effect on the parties to the Salvadoran conflict.