Sentence examples for contravene this from inspiring English sources

"And since the published house rule, as described by the letter writer, grants a preference to couples with children, it appears to contravene this statute".

Israel's numerous breaches of human rights principles and of international humanitarian law, whether during the Gaza offensive in the winter of 2008-09 or through the continuous expansion of its settlement project in the West Bank, clearly contravene this commitment.

4, of the Constitution, Congress' power is to "establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization". A congressional enactment construed so as to permit state legislatures to adopt divergent laws on the subject of citizenship requirements for federally supported welfare programs would appear to contravene this explicit constitutional requirement of uniformity.

Felicity Evans, BBC Wales political editor, said the WLG statement would appear to contravene this instruction.

Indeed, humanitarian organisations should not take decisions based on the political interests of belligerents, or in view of the interests of their proxies, as this would contravene this fundamental humanitarian principle.

The TOT data presented in this article contravene this conjecture: the presence of the TOT feeling state has implications for people's choice to seek more information a propensity with deep consequences for our curiosity, for our engagement in learning, and, ultimately, for our understanding.

And any woman who contravenes this… will expose herself to the severest consequences".

Petitioner argues that the decision of the Florida Supreme Court contravened this requirement by creating a "new legal rule" that would apply "retroactively".

shall be compelled... to be a witness against himself.' It seems difficult to quarrel with the conclusion that a 'notice of alibi' provision contravenes this clear mandate, for the State would see no need for the rule unless it believed that such notice would ease its burden of proving its case or increase the efficiency of its presentation.

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit contravened this Court's Fourth Amendment precedents and created a circuit conflict by analyzing whether the police department could have used "less intrusive methods" of reviewing text messages transmitted by a SWAT team member on his SWAT pager.

"The asylum policy instruction also sets out that, whilst information may be disclosed to other government departments or organisations to help them in their functions, nothing will be shared that would put the claimant at risk of persecution until the final decision on the fresh claim has been made; therefore, the presence of the Zimbabwean officials clearly contravenes this guidance.