Sentence examples for based on statutes of from inspiring English sources

The Brooklyn authorities said that after their initial talks with diocese officials -- which they had initiated this week -- they determined, based on statutes of limitations, that there were no cases meriting investigation.

This is distinguished from 'natural law,' which is not based on statute, but on alleged common understanding of what is right and proper (often based on moral and religious precepts as well as common understanding of fairness and justice)." The next point to consider is who makes the laws.

During the negotiations for the first and second Paris peace treaty and subsequently at the Congress of Vienna he was successful in defending Jewish rights but failed in his attempt to secure a liberal constitution for the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) to be based on a statute of fundamental principles (Grundgesetz) that would have guaranteed the rights of all citizen.

In a pretrial motion, Mr. Sherman asked Judge John F. Kavanewsky Jr. to dismiss the case based on the statute of limitations.

Labour complained yesterday that the court had been guided by a 1911 judgment based on a statute of 1895 against "false statements" about a candidate's "character or conduct" which supposedly draws an outdated distinction between someone's politics and personality.

Capua's lawyer, Armando de Zuani, says it's "unusual" for a judge in charge of a preliminary hearing to enter into the merits of a case, as Donati did, if the charges can be dismissed solely based on the statute of limitations.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the policy was based on existing statutes and was intended to make good use of strained resources.

The secretary of state's opinion is based on Florida statutes.

"SUPERCAR" is a title without official qualifications, a mark of achievement awarded by popular acclaim, not based on codified statutes.

The Rhodian Sea Law was based on a statute in the Digest of the Code of Justinian commissioned in the 6th century and on maritime customary law originating on Rhodes in ancient times.

This Court's precedents do not support evaluating the constitutionality of a federal statute based on subjective characterizations of the motives of individual legislators.