Sentence examples for construed against from inspiring English sources

It claims that tax benefits require statutory clarity and that "any ambiguity must be construed against the subsidy".

While all doubts must be construed against Defendant, there is insufficient evidence to create a doubt about Defendant's actions.

She said that statute was intended to be "strictly construed against" prosecutors and "liberally interpreted in favor" of a defendant.

Prior to the amendment of § 3731 in 1971, this Court's rule of statutory interpretation was that "the Criminal Appeals Act should be strictly construed against the Government's right of appeal, Carroll v. United States, 354 U.S. 394, 399-400, 77 S.Ct.

21 In the past, we have stated that exemptions to the FLSA must be "narrowly construed against the employers seeking to assert them and their application limited to those [cases] plainly and unmistakably within their terms and spirit". Arnold v. Ben Kanowsky, Inc., 361 U. S. 388, 392 (1960).

An Iraq policy that allies the United States with Sunni Arab governments to eliminate Iranian influence in Iraq will be construed as biased against the Shiites.

He promoted any study or statement that could be construed as cutting against the prevailing view that heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide contribute to global warming.

I admit to the fullest extent the rule that all charters of private corporations are to be construed most strongly against the corporations.

Additionally, any provision tending to limit the liability of the insurance company is construed most strongly against the insurance company if ambiguous.

He lambasted the government, in particular, for asserting that because the ban did not apply to all Muslims in the world, it could not be construed as discriminating against Muslims.

Newsom spokesman Nathan Click said the lawsuit should not be construed as retaliation against Huntington Beach officials.