By the beginning of the 20th century a number of helmets had been devised to protect motorbike riders from injury and it is now possible to purchase protective head gear for a wide array of different occupational and recreational activities such as skateboarding, snowboarding, and skydiving.
Crofting was devised to protect small tenant farmers from abusive landlords, but the system was already becoming an anachronism by the time it was put in place.
The criminal offence of scandalum magnatum was devised to protect "the great men of the realm" from stories which could stir the people against them.
Transocean, based in Switzerland, filed a petition in federal court in Houston to limit its liability to $26.7 million under an 1851 liability law that was devised to protect American ship owners facing competition from foreign-flagged vessels.
Thus I defend myself with Winston Churchill's words: "The Official Secrets Act was devised to protect the national defence … and ought not to be used to shield ministers who have a strong personal interest in concealing the truth".
In Italy — where journalists often play fast and loose with the facts and the legal system is devised to protect personal honor — politicians, magistrates and public figures sue journalists so often that the Italian National Press Federation has a "solidarity fund" to help with legal fees and damages.
It has looked at a number of acquisitions or partnerships, but time and time again, current and former executives said, it could not justify big deals in large part because of the strict General Electric accounting procedures, which were devised to protect earnings growth.
You see, HDCP was devised to protect digital audio and video content that travels over digital mediums such as DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, GVIF, and UDI.
It is somewhat ironic that the debate about protectionism became a permanent fixture in the national dialog in the wake of the Roca Runciman Treaty, which was devised to protect the Argentine primary sector and ensure exports to Great Britain.
