Sentence examples for claim a stand from inspiring English sources

Although Zimmerman did not claim a Stand Your Ground defense, the jury's instructions included language from the law.

Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said he would defer to the views of prosecutors concerning the law, but said his department has seen a few cases in which someone who was the original aggressor in an argument, and committed a killing as result, successfully claimed a "stand your ground" defense.

Google would be able to claim a principled stand on free speech and human rights while suffering only marginal damage to its business in China.

Both sides therefore claim a moral stand, as per Becker's terminology.

What Yorke claims is a stand for new artists looks jarringly like self-preservation to me.

At first, they charged the White House with whitewashing a terrorist attack, then moved on to even more outlandish claims of a stand-down of military aid to the besieged facility or claims that the CIA was using Benghazi for running guns to Syria.

The Democrats called GOP claims of a stand-down order baseless "and offensive to our men and women in uniform".

Evans claimed a new stand at Oldham would have been put at risk had he joined, while the club's chief executive Neil Joy insisted they pulled the plug on a deal following "vile and abusive threats, including death threats" to fans, sponsors and staff.

The judiciary, by responding and intervening – or 'interfering' – also claims a moral stand on these matters, after all they are protecting access to justice and upholding human rights.

In his column, President Eisgruber speaks out in defense of silence, claiming that taking a stand risks being tantamount to dogmatism.

Anyone who can enforce a claim stands a chance of getting rich.