Sentence examples for asked for a declaration from inspiring English sources

Garde said had the officer asked for a declaration one would "most likely" have been given.

In a civil rights lawsuit argued in mid-August in New Jersey state court, plaintiffs asked for a declaration ending the state's exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage.

He asked for a declaration that NGN, which stopped reimbursement in August, "must pay the professional costs and expenses properly incurred" by Mr Coulson "in defending allegations of criminal conduct" during his editorship.

Officials in Oakland asked for a declaration of emergency Tuesday, clearing the way for the city to receive federal and state funding to cover the massive response to a warehouse fire that left 36 people dead.

Abe gave his address from the spot where President Franklin Roosevelt asked for a declaration of war against Imperial Japan after the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

The applicant for an election to be avoided may ask for a declaration that the election is void, that a particular candidate was wrongfully declared to have been elected, and/or that another candidate was duly elected.

The country's census, which as elsewhere in Central Europe asks for a declaration of religious preference, suggests that secularism has made deep inroads.

It also asks for a declaration of a national emergency, which would expedite various practical measures and show that the Administration has a coherent plan.

But if such trials are held inside the U.S., he says, the president is required to ask for a declaration of war (which Barr introduced) or to seek specific authorization by Congress.

SENATORS Jim Webb of Virginia and Hillary Clinton of New York are right to demand that the president go before Congress to ask for a "declaration of war" before proceeding with an attack against Iran or any other nation.

According to the lawsuit, which is asking for a declaration from the court to make Countrywide live up to its contracts, some 374 mortgage pools issued by Countrywide contain language pledging to buy back modified loans from investors.