Sentence examples for a general statute from inspiring English sources
Mr. Ackerman writes: "Congress has never passed a general statute making unauthorized leaks a crime.
Congress has never passed a general statute making unauthorized leaks a crime.
New York has only a general statute that sets the bar at $1 million.
The duties and rights of civil servants are defined by a general statute of 1946, which was partly modified in 1959.
The Form of Government of 1634 summed up these reforms in a general statute giving Sweden a central administration more modern and efficient than that of any other European country.
He declared that he would convene an annual Corts "to treat of the good estate and reformation of the land" and that he would not make any general statute for Catalonia without its consent.
A Department of Justice spokesman noted that Sessions recognized domestic violence was a "vile situation" in his decision, but that he ruled that the "asylum statute is not a general hardship statute".
It cited one source of authority for the proposal: a general "housekeeping statute" that allows the head of a department to prescribe rules for the performance of its business.
First, it is well-settled that where two statutory provisions are in conflict, the specific statute controls the general statute.
In England there is no general statute of limitations applicable to criminal actions, although statutes for specific crimes frequently have included time limits.
The ILO called on the United States to "promote the establishment of a collective bargaining framework in the public sector in North Carolina," and called specifically for the repeal of North Carolina General Statute §95-98, the state law that prohibits public employee collective bargaining.
