Sentence examples for civil provisions from inspiring English sources
Prosecutors brought the 1990 suit against the union's top leaders under civil provisions of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act.
The lawsuit filed by the California Medical Association is an effort to apply the civil provisions of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.
In contrast to criminal prosecutions, where the burden of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt, only the lesser standard of proof a balance of probabilities is required under the civil provisions of RICO.
We are encouraged that the Ninth Circuit explicitly rejected the pernicious idea, put forth by the Bush administration, that the states have the "inherent authority" to enforce civil provisions of immigration laws.
In civil lawsuits, plaintiffs like the doctors' group use the civil provisions of the RICO statute to contend that they have been economically harmed through a pattern of misconduct.
The lawsuit tries to apply the civil provisions of the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known by the acronym RICO, to Mr. DeLay's fund-raising activities through a variety of linked committees.
Rule 11 was amended in 1979 to provide that the time for appeal of § 2255 motions is governed by Rule 4(a), the civil provision of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, rather than Rule 4(b), the criminal provision.
Gary Osen, one of several lawyers for the plaintiffs, said his clients' lawsuit — along with at least four others accusing Chiquita of complicity in killings carried out by the rebel groups — would be brought under the civil provision of the antiterrorism law.
At a time of austerity when peoples benefits are getting cut and we are all getting less social and civil provision, it is yet again those that have that are getting away with it, aided by the banks in defrauding the public of legitimate taxes while the public continues to bail them out!
But most of the civil code provisions enforced in Iran today were drafted years before the revolution.
No exemption will extend to the civil liability provisions of sections 130, 131, and 185 of the Act.
