Sentence examples for apply the statute from inspiring English sources

In his testimony, Mr. Blakey, citing the history of the law's passage at a time when the United States was concerned about organized crime, said that the Russian civil court could apply the statute.

Though a federal statute criminalized importing persons into the country for "labor or service of any kind," the Court found it absurd to apply the statute to pastors brought in to serve a church.

Although Justice Sotomayor joined his dissent as to the meaning of the statute, she did not join the portion of his opinion arguing that to apply the statute more broadly would offend the Second Amendment.

After Judge Wu announced his decision, a visibly emotional Mr. O'Brien acknowledged that applying the statute "was a risk".

Ms. Kelly said "it turns out that New York had been erroneously applying the statute" since it was established.

The F.C.C.'s enforcement division finally declined to charge Google with violating the Communications Act after determining that there was no precedent for applying the statute to Wi-Fi communications.

The rational nexus test does not apply where a statute treats all persons equally, but it is alleged that the authorities have applied the statute in a discriminatory manner.

Every state has a consumer fraud law on the books but the scope of those statutes differs from state and state, as do court decisions interpreting and applying the statutes.

If the federal magistrate defers to the state courts, he will be back in the Panhandle to ask a judge to apply the Texas statute that mandates DNA testing in cases like Skinner's.

The suit contends that the November decision by the state's highest court legalizing same-sex marriage effectively trumped any law that would apply the marriage statutes unevenly, even across state lines, said Gretchen Van Ness, a lawyer for Provincetown, which accepted marriage applications from 19 same-sex couples who had no intention of moving there.

But government lawyers should understand how derivative citizenship works and apply the relevant statutes consistently.