Sentence examples for civil measures from inspiring English sources

Critics of the detention policies said the move added to the confusion over using the array of military, criminal and civil measures against people considered terrorism suspects.

"The legal representatives will argue that since recoveries can be had by using civil measures, even private litigations, there's no need to bring criminal measures.

More recently, the government has campaigned noisily to persuade police and courts to make more use of Asbos, which are civil measures which usually restrain their subjects from visiting named places or people but which can yield prison sentences of up to five years for those who breach them, even if they have not been convicted of a crime.

The state of emergency declared by Governor Pat McCrory ahead of the expected arrival of Hurricane Matthew this weekend follows similar civil measures in September when the police killing of a black man set off a wave of angry protests on the streets of the state's largest city, Charlotte.

The Extremism Task Force report had suggested that new civil measures - akin to powers to tackle anti-social behaviour - could be introduced to target the "behaviours extremists use to radicalise others".

Where once you would see civil, measured discussions, spats are starting to break out and tempers are starting to fray.

Finally, "ACTA puts a broad group of third parties at risk of criminal and civil enforcement measures, including injunctions, provisional measures and claims for high damages.

He somberly warned them that opposing same-sex marriage would place them in league with those who fought civil rights measures in the past.

Also vulnerable are civil rights measures that were passed on commerce clause grounds, such as the equal employment opportunity provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, known as Title VII.

Better to leave criminal law alone (it's too broad already) and to use some of the civil reform measures (such as a more independent accounting regulator) endorsed by both the president and Congressional Democrats.

Mr. Colmer's papers, stored at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, include Mr. Lott's analyses of other civil rights measures, including those that outlawed racial covenants in housing and gave enforcement power to the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission.