Sentence examples for authorizing act from inspiring English sources

The puzzle is why the judges are so cocksure that Congress's nearly unanimous vote to go to war against Al Qaeda doesn't qualify as an authorizing act of Congress.

Although the nickel could be redeemed in lots (permission granted in its authorizing act), there was no provision for the government to buy back the smaller coins, and with more being issued every year, there were too many small-value coins.

The language of the authorizing act of June 26 , 1906was for a battleship "carrying as heavy armor and as an powerful armament as any known vessel of its class, to have the highest practicable speed and the greatest practicable radius of action".

"Without any explicit non-compete clauses in any authorizing act or agreement, it seems to us nonsense to claim the Ambassador Bridge company has any exclusive rights or legal protection from competition," said Peter Samuel, a writer who maintains the TollRoadsNews, a private online newsletter covering the industry.

The president claimed that he, acting alone, can authorize acts of war, but can if he wishes ask Congress to approve and had done so in the case of Syria.

The Migration and Maritime Powers Act explicitly authorizes the acts of government officers where such acts violate international law or fail to meet due process laws.

Whether exercising his discretion or acting on a petition from the school district, the governor was authorized to act only as an agent of the Assembly.

The individuals who are authorized to act on behalf of the LLC are said to have "governing authority".

Judges determining pretrial release are not authorized to act as social workers or agents of public retribution.

Delany's main complaint was with the N.C.A.A.'s use of the rule-of-agency principle — when a person is authorized to act on someone else's behalf.

"They are not authorized to act independently of the law to 'round up' Al Qaeda members or any other criminals themselves".