Sentence examples for commence an action from inspiring English sources

If the landlord refuses to grant a reasonable request for a sublet, Ms. Barrack said, a tenant can commence an action against the landlord in State Supreme Court.

Conroy tells Colvin in the correspondence he intends to write to the clerk of the Senate, Rosemary Laing, "to commence an action to seek a ruling from the Senate on the claim".

In the agreement, signed on Sept. 1, 1998, they promised not to make a claim under the state's equitable distribution law "should either party commence an action for divorce within one year".

On Sept. 1, 1998, the couple signed an agreement that said neither party would make a claim under the equitable distribution law, which governs the division of property in a divorce, "should either party commence an action for divorce within one year of the date of the signing of this agreement".

Any person adversely affected by any final action or failure to act by a State or local government or any instrumentality thereof that is inconsistent with this subparagraph may, within 30 days after such action or failure to act, commence an action in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Any creditor or creditors, as to whom any of the acts or things prohibited in the preceding section are void, whether the claim of such creditor or creditors has matured or will thereafter mature, may commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to have such acts or things declared void.

It invited other business actors, from competitors to suppliers to soft drink manufacturers to retailers, all of whom have a role to play in the recycling of aluminum cans, to commence an action-oriented dialogue.

Petitioner commenced an action in the district court, but the action was dismissed on the ground that, under § 106(a), his exclusive remedy lay in the courts of appeals.

He also commenced an action against Michigan State University in the Court of Claims, asserting that the holding cell Hickey was placed in was in a dangerous or defective condition and that MSU had also violated Hickey's civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Mr. Dowd also said in the court filing that the United States attorney's office in Manhattan had "requested the S.E.C. refrain from commencing an action but we have not seen any official correspondence to that effect".

Prior to that date, petitioner commenced an action in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from the administrative refusal to grant his request for suspension of deportation.