Sentence examples for Legal statute from inspiring English sources

The areas of dispute are relatively small – focusing mainly on whether the lines of accountability are written into legal statute or via a royal charter.

Habré was not indicted by the ICC (international criminal court) because his alleged crimes took place before its legal statute took effect in 2002.

The administration authorized the investigation under the same legal statute it used to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in March.

But Lawrence B. Gibbs, a former I.R.S. commissioner and counsel during the Nixon administration, said he was aware of no legal statute that prohibited such dialogue.

The government has been using the All Writs Act, a legal statute that dates to 1789, as a key underpinning of its case.

Long told me that he's met dozens of probationers who were jailed because of Sentinel's electronic-monitoring bills, most of which, he argues, were not authorized by any legal statute.

For certain powerful Pakistanis, it is good to have a territory uncontaminated by legal statutes.

The letter, which cited arcane legal statutes and was printed on government letterhead, was dated September 4th.

An outside accounting firm will run the election to ensure compliance with union bylaws and legal statutes.

So if you want to understand adultery, don't look merely at legal statutes, the two scholars insist.

The minutes tell of a discussion of interrogation techniques, and the official saying that the legal statutes were vague.