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give effect to in American English to put into practice; make operative See full dictionary entry for effect Examples of 'give effect to' in a sentencegive effect to That construction would fail to give effect to the purpose of the sections.That was necessary to give effect to the principle of effectiveness.The making of a formal order to give effect to the judgment was deferred.The judge must give effect to his findings.It was probable that, by inadvertence, the draftsman might have omitted to give effect to the intended purpose of section 12(5).The question then was what was to be made of the secretary of state's public law duty to give effect to his published policy.The approach of both tribunals had failed to give effect to the clearly expressed parliamentary intention.Two motions to give effect to the plans won approval of 99.9 and 92.6 per cent of shareholders that voted.Although reviews were not required by the statute, there was a public law duty to give effect to the provisions about reviews in the manual.Rule 20.11 did no more than give effect to the desirability that defendants be represented at the highest possible standard. |