Sentences with phrase «adopted by the legislative bodies»

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Justice Lamer did so by determining that the evidence of those «present at the creation» — those involved in the drafting — should be given minimal weight, since statements by «civil servants» were not sufficiently indicative of the intentions of the legislative bodies that adopted the Charter.

Common law, as the body of law made by judges, 7 stands in contrast to and on equal footing with statutes which are adopted through the legislative process, and regulations which are promulgated by the executive branch.