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Law/Patents - Management / policies and procedures of a goverment authority | | English term or phrase: binding law of the land | written in a policy and procedures :
"List all references related to the subject Policy and procedures as follows:
1-related chapter/s of the Ministry rules and regulations.
2-Binding law of the la |
| mutargm
Saudi Arabia
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| | القانون السائد | Explanation:
If "of the land" refers to Saudi Arabia, the idiomatic expression would be في المملكة
Another Saudi Arabian idiosynchrasy is that (at least when I was a translator in Jubail, 1982-1986) the Saudi Arabian government did not like the word القانون. Instead, they preferred النظام. So in those days, we would translate this phrase as النظام السائد في المملكة
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Note added at 1 hr 47 mins (2005-12-12 08:03:05 GMT)
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spelling correction: idiosyncrasy |
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Fuad Yahya
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