"The legal effectiveness of such measures isn't obvious," he said.

They had second thoughts and eventually challenged the legal effectiveness of the memorandum.

But Mr. Siegel, the plaintiff's lawyer, said, "The legal effectiveness of the disclaimer is zero."

The wording of this disclaimer differs from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and from country to country, as does its legal effectiveness.

This Edict of Turda is the first attempt at legislating general religious freedom in Christian Europe (though its legal effectiveness was limited).

Judge Sir Hersch Lauterpacht explained the legal effectiveness of the operation of this system of minority protection treaties.

Last but not least, the legal effectiveness of recordings with a potentially world wide impact will require uniformity of legal consequences in each of the jurisdictions involved.

Also, because the Cairo Declaration was an unsigned press communiqué, the independence advocates argue that the legal effectiveness of the Declaration is highly questionable.

The Commission will therefore continue to follow an approach on counter-terrorism which seeks to combine operational and legal effectiveness and feasibility with a clear commitment to the respect of fundamental rights.

I therefore voted in favour of this recommendation, although I have my doubts as to its legal effectiveness, given that, whilst it is being referred to as a recommendation, it is in fact a case of harmonisation, which is prohibited by the Treaty.

The principal issue was whether absence of consent is a material element which must be proven by the Crown in all cases of assault or whether there are common law limitations which restrict or negate the legal effectiveness of consent in certain types of cases.