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What is the meaning of" against its predecessor statute" in the following text?
The lawyer proceeded by reading the act aloud against its predecessor statute, an exercise in which every word counted.
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This is from an article on a case argued before he US Supreme Cort, concerning the Refugee Act. The lawyer read the old act, and the current act, line by line, comparing them. Examples of how he did this are at this link.
- This is from an article on a case argued before he US Supreme Cort, concerning the Refugee Act.
- The lawyer read the old act, and the current act, line by line, comparing them.
- Examples of how he did this are at this link.
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This is from an article on a case argued before he US Supreme Cort, concerning the Refugee Act.
The lawyer read the old act, and the current act, line by line, comparing them. Examples of how he did this are at this link.
0I think it means that he read the new act and the old act that it replaced (the "predecessor statute"), in order to compare the two.
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