Sentence examples for competent rule from inspiring English sources

Compared with the despots of neighbouring Arab countries, King Hussein is a model of benign and competent rule.

I asked if he felt scientifically competent to rule on the current case in Philadelphia.

In any event, it doubts if Mr Speight is competent to rule.

Senegal's Court of Appeals stated that it was not competent to rule on the matter and decided to turn the case over to the African Union summit in January 2006.

"UEFA therefore underlines the fact that the other clubs may accept these possibilities only after a decision made by the Court Arbitration for Sport (CAS), as CAS is the only authority they have all accepted as competent to rule on sporting matters in the UEFA Europa League.

So I would like to ask who is actually competent to rule on the SWIFT issue and on what legal basis?

Despite erratic statements and behaviour, Moussaoui, a French citizen, was ruled competent to stand trial.

A man accused of killing five people in a racially motivated shooting rampage was ruled competent to stand trial today after four months in a mental hospital.

"The competent court has ruled secrecy of judicial inquiries.

In November, she was ruled competent to face DUI charges stemming from an arrest in April in West Hollywood.

To the extent that the procedures are not transparent, the arbitrators are not always independent and the annulment procedure is nearly useless, ISDS should be abolished as incompatible with article 14(1) of the ICCPR [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights] which requires that all suits at law be decided by independent and competent tribunals under the rule of law".