Sentence examples for conventions under which from inspiring English sources

But Lord Judge had "no doubt" that MPs and peers would follow the constitutional conventions under which they do not discuss court proceedings "so as to avoid any possible interference with the administration of justice".

By halting extradition proceedings the home secretary was in danger of breaching international law and conventions under which signatories undertook to provide each other with the widest measure of "mutual assurance" in extradition proceedings.

For years the Movement has rejected that change, citing the conventions under which the international relief organizations were established, which authorize the use only of a cross and a crescent.

Airlines and governments around the world have worked together since the 1920s to set up a series of "conventions" under which international airlines operate, such as the Warsaw or Montreal Conventions, which Harriman terms "out of date and out of touch with the problems facing modern air travellers".

The convention under which so many politicians move seamlessly from the Commons to the Lords stinks.

The United States uses a billing convention under which mobile operators share the cost of each interconnection, which effectively eliminates the charge and had led to flat-rate mobile calling plans to all networks.

The main convention under which asylum-seekers claim rights of entry dates from 1951, when Soviet border guards shot people who tried to leave, and the West could afford to be magnanimous.

Any modification of the National Assembly's legislative competence by primary legislation passed by the UK parliament would engage the Sewel Convention, under which the Assembly's consent would be sought to any changes to its legislative competence.

He asked the Tory deputy chief whip to observe the convention under which a member of the other party would abstain to match the absence of a sick MP.

The Hague Conference on Private International Law -- involving 49 countries, including the United States and China -- has been working on a convention under which member countries would enforce each other's judgments in civil matters, including human rights.

Tom Strathclyde is relying on Labour and Lib Dem peers to respect the "Salisbury Convention", under which the opposition in the Lords do not wreck legislation that the government has put in its manifesto.