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What does triple-lock mean?

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Noun
  1. (Ireland, informal) The requirement that approval is received from the Irish government, the Dáil (parliament), and the United Nations, prior to any overseas military action by Irish defence forces.
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There is a triple-lock safety net there to make sure that this cannot happen.
It didn't use to be this way, before everybody got so suspicious of everybody else, and you didn't have to triple-lock your doors at night, either.
Ireland has a triple-lock system in relation to deploying troops to any other country: it must be under a UN mandate, and it must be approved by the government and by the Oireachtas, the Irish Parliament.
If he's so brave, why does he triple-lock the doors?
Most sixgunners agree that the Triple-Lock was the finest factory produced double-action revolver.

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