legal weight

noun

the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.

While the creation of PopVote is an interesting development that caught Beijing off guard, it bears no legal weight.

It remains to be seen whether this has legal weight or not.

Before it is passed into law, the call for a moratorium has no legal weight and judges are simply free to ignore it.

And a mere protest of a third Power is of no legal weight either.

April 25, 2024firkin

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