The legal basis of statutory demands is relatively straightforward — the demand, after valid service, gives the debtor 21 days formal warning of intention to commence bankruptcy or winding up proceedings. (darlingtons.com)
Instead, the abattoir owners and several workers were issued with formal warnings by DPI. (animalsaustralia.org)
For the scientists in Hawaii, at the planet's main tsunami center, who managed to send out one of the rare formal warnings, there was intense frustration. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)