Sentence examples for bound to decide from inspiring English sources

That meant "one bound to decide cases based on words set down in the United States Constitution, including amendments" — a literalist or originalist view.

In the contract clause case, General Motors Corporation v. Romein, for example, we said that although "ultimately we are bound to decide for ourselves whether a contract was made," the court "accords respectful consideration and great weight to the views of the state's highest court".

In 1973, amid controversial wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos -- some congressionally authorized and some not, members of Congress decided that they were honor bound to decide whether to authorize war.

In general, the court is bound to decide on the deed as stated in the indictment; however, it is not bound by its legal assessment by the State Attorney.

This scheduler considers each VM workload type (CPU or I/O-bound) to decide on its allocation.

We're going to fight on to the Ninth Circuit, which is where the game was bound to be decided anyway.

And in dealing with the question of the taxability of such contractors upon the fruits of their work, we are not bound to consider or decide how far immunity from taxation is to be deemed essential to the protection of government in relation to its purchases of commodities, or whether the doctrine announced in the cases of that character which we have cited deserves revision or restriction.

A legal complication could arise if a delegate who was officially bound to a candidate decided later on to change his mind.

After Kurtz taught him the trade he was bound to lose, Stevens decided to take a stab with the needle, although he admits it's much different than his medium of choice.

Therefore, it is sometimes rather difficult to clearly establish which atoms of the ligands are bound to the metal and to decide which bond order scheme suits a given compound the best.

Oh sure there is bound to be someone who decides their best tactic is to throw a rock from one of the city's numerous potholes through a bank window, but the overwhelming majority of protestors coming to Chicago are nonviolent activists who seek a better city, better country and a better world.