Exerting force or influence.
In actuality or reality or fact.
1If the state laws are more stringent, however, those remain in effect.
2Our courts are already, in effect, constitutional courts that enforce EU law.
3The legislation has been in effect since 2011 despite the legal challenges.
4That allows the restrictions to remain in effect while court challenges proceed.
5He said he expected measure would be in effect for three months.
6The family had become in effect an extension of the Thought Police.
7Non-essential work would be deferred while alert level four was in effect.
8It authorized the purchase program to remain in effect for a year.
9It is in effect exporting deforestation, the group said in the report.
10The flood watch for those areas remained in effect through Monday morning.
11It was, in effect, the permanent rule of an occupying military elite.
12The radio said there was a tornado-watch in effect for the region.
13All public universities, in effect, have been legally established as independent corporations.
14But as Johnny said, the rules were still in effect, even here.
15A provincial ban on open-pit mining has been in effect since 2010.
16Taiwan is in effect independent, but China considers it a breakaway province.