Sentence examples for and contravention from inspiring English sources

These voters become subject to partisan political challenges and contravention at the polls.

The distinctions between crime, délit, and contravention are not comparable to the Anglo-American distinctions between felony and misdemeanour.

Classifications distinguishing offenses of greater dangerousness from lesser crimes appear in continental European codes: thus, the French penal code distinguishes between délits and contraventions (see crime, délit, and contravention).

Crime, délit, and contravention, three classifications of criminal offense that are central to the administration of justice in many Roman- and civil-law countries (for distinctions in Anglo-American law covering analogous offenses, see felony and misdemeanour).

"Said hack is today on trial for 'defeating the ends of justice, fraud, and contravention of the Immigration Act': the latter charge because he didn't fully complete his hotel registration.

8 This requires interventions to monitor client and police perpetrators of violence and contraventions in police conduct, legal support protecting sex workers' health and human rights, and the creation of safer environments for sex work.

More than 100 million children are engaged in employment, often heavy and hazardous and in contravention of international conventions which provide for their protection from economic exploitation and from performing work that interferes with their education and is harmful to their health and full development.

According to Dr. Radouane Belouali, UNFPA Iraq Chief of Operations, "FGM is nothing short of sexual violence perpetrated against young girls and women, against their will and in contravention of national and international laws".

The practicability of proposed REACH instruments is discussed in relation to specific constraints imposed by the legal framework itself and by contravention against and misinterpretation of the law.

The University of British Columbia obviously condemned the incident, calling it "an act of hate and in contravention of the values of equity, inclusion and respect deeply held by the university community".

Ms. Colson saw that Mr. Gabriel's interest in technology could pay dividends when, in 1982, he signed with Geffen Records and, in contravention of typical practice, insisted on paying for his videos and retaining ownership.