Sentence examples for courts conducted from inspiring English sources

These rules were disseminated and applied in special courts conducted at the numerous international fairs held in various countries of Europe and attended by local and foreign merchants.

It not only offers tax and custom duty exemptions for registered businesses; it also operates its own regulatory system, civil and commercial laws, and courts, conducted in English, drawing on English common law and judges experienced in that system.

This means that intercourse with a woman under 18 is statutory rape and courts conducting rape trials cannot consider whether the woman consented to having sex.

"Now that about half of the persons who come to the courts conduct their business in the annex, there are no more lines".

He wants to "depoliticise the courts", conduct a "deep reform" of the government bureaucracy and have congressmen elected by district rather than by province, making them more accountable to their electorates.

The issue, the judge said, was how to balance the defendant's right to manifest her religion or belief, as set out by article 9 of the European convention on human rights, against the public interest in the courts conducting criminal proceedings "in accordance with the rule of law, open justice, and the adversarial trial process".

State courts conduct most criminal trials; federal courts handle certain designated crimes as well as certain appeals from the state criminal courts.

He said that some 300 N.S.A. employees were assigned to seek out even inadvertent violations of the rules and that the court conducted "vigorous" oversight.

In February, a committee of the District of Columbia circuit court conducted a survey of 142 private law firms in Washington, a center of pro bono activity.

On Wednesday, a judge for the bankruptcy court conducted a hearing by telephone on the matter, during which Mr. Young's lawyers indicated that he would not oppose the proceedings.

Larry Rohter (NYT) MIDDLE EAST IRAN: SURPRISE TRIAL A court conducted a closed-door trial of one of President Mohammad Khatami's top aides, charging him with vote-rigging during last year's parliamentary polls in Tehran.