Sentence examples for constitute an offense from inspiring English sources
and specified the following grounds: (1) The indictment fails to set forth facts sufficient to constitute an offense.
The language of the second and third clauses of Section 3 makes clear that two major elements are necessary to constitute an offense under these clauses.
The complaint, which in substance is recited in the warrant, was verified merely on information and belief and does not state facts sufficient to constitute an offense.
Under the prior extradition regime, the double criminality requirement allowed states to refuse extradition whenever the accused party's conduct did not constitute an offense under the criminal laws of both the executing and requesting states.
The accused requested the court to instruct the jury that the facts set forth in his admission did not constitute an offense against the statute, under the complaint in the case; but the court refused the request, and he excepted.
The only points raised in the county court, according to the exceptions, were that the facts set forth in the written admission of O'Neil did not constitute an offense against the statute of Vermont under the complaint, and that he ought to be found not guilty under the facts so set forth.
Though the levels of the drug found in his urine were "very small," according to the cycling union, doping rules say that any amount constitutes an offense.
Two or more defendants may be charged in the same indictment or information if they are alleged to have participated in the same act or transaction or in the same series of acts or transactions constituting an offense or offenses.
We can think of no principled reason to distinguish, in this context, between what constitutes an offense for purposes of the Sixth Amendments jury-trial guarantee and what constitutes an offence for purposes of the Fifth Amendments Double Jeopardy Clause.
But, even in those cases where the offense was egregious and retribution automatic, a paradox snaked its way around the duelling codes: by classifying what constituted an offense, they multiplied the opportunities for men to kill each other.
(a) An attempt to export from the United States any defense articles in violation of the provisions of this subchapter constitutes an offense punishable under section 401 of title 22 of the United States Code.
