Sentence examples for construed to apply from inspiring English sources

The panel also overturned Justice Ling-Cohan's ruling that gender-specific terms in state marriage law, such as "husband, "wife," "groom" and "bride," should be construed to apply equally to men and women.

In order to avoid declaring the provision unconstitutional, the court held that it "must be construed to apply only to expenditures for communications that, in express terms advocate the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for federal office".

Opponents of marriage equality countered that the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th and 15th) to the Constitution addressed slavery and should not be construed to apply beyond that.

If a definition of measurement is to pay respect to this basic fact, it cannot be so narrowly construed as to apply to only one area of scientific activity (e.g., physics); on the other hand, the definition cannot be so permissive as to trivialize the concept to the point that measurement is not recognizably superior to, for instance, guesses or statements of opinion.

The first two decisions to interpret § 8 construed it not to apply to the crimes charged.

In Skilling v. United States (2010), the Court construed § 1346 to apply only to bribes and kickbacks.

An uncertainty factor of 3 was applied in consideration of results from similar studies in New Zealand and the Faroe Islands that could be construed to suggest the possibility of effects at maternal hair concentrations below 10 ppm.

The best design professionals' houses are purely personal — not construed to woo or wow clients.

Meanwhile, the kinematic viscosity values are construed to affect CO and UHC concentrations.

In part it might be construed to have been a political move.

The ISDA definition includes 'failure to pay', which can be construed to include a technical default.