Sentence examples for courts applied from inspiring English sources

The French courts applied the law.

The jurisdiction of the courts applied everywhere.

Before 1996, courts applied an exhaustion requirement only if a state's grievance process met certain high standards of fairness outlined by the Justice Department.

Deepening their historical argument, the liberals also point out that from the earliest days of the United States, the nation's courts applied customary international law, regularly deciding who owned ships captured on the high seas according to immemorial practice that was not found in any treaty.

Courts applied sovereign immunity doctrines to dismiss these claims.

The state courts applied the wrong legal standard when they upheld Thomas's conviction and sentence, Carroll contends, because the law does not require proof that the jury's verdict was motivated by purposeful discrimination and racial bias.

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But that need not be a hindrance, say legal scholars, provided state courts apply the same standards as federal courts.

In criminal cases, the courts apply the common-sense notion that the punishment should fit the crime.

"Essentially the high court has said these courts apply in the same way all other arrest laws apply in the NT and therefore have the same safeguards attached".

Unfortunately for him, courts applying law of at least 19 other states have reached the same conclusion as California, including five federal appeals courts.