Sentences with phrase «formal legal opinion»

fatwa — a formal legal opinion given by a recognized religious leader; a religious pronouncement or verdict concerning a controversial question.

However, the transcript revealed that there was only a preliminary analysis of the question, not a formal legal opinion, and that the law firm that provided the analysis no longer exists.

In a formal legal opinion, Brnovich sided with Corporation Commissioner Bob Burns, who has been trying for months to get Arizona Public Service to open its books to show political donations.

Backed in many cases by formal legal opinions, those companies believed that as issuers of «tokens» they did not fall within the SEC's remit.