Sentence examples for courts in return from inspiring English sources

The trade-off involved acceptance of increased human-rights protections domestically and of potential punishments for American soldiers in international courts, in return for the spread of these legal norms to more countries and the punishment of more international criminals does not appeal to a wide enough constituency.

Sevco Scotland has agreed to pay all outstanding fines, football debts and court costs in return for the Scottish Football Association granting their new Rangers membership and a place in Division Three this season.

Indeed, the whole point of the Gulf Coast fund is to keep cases out of court; in return for compensation, the claimants have to agree not to sue for further damages.

The period saw great prominence of the nobility, who were awarded estates in Slavonia by the imperial court in return for their service during the wars.

Though several teams want Sprewell, he alone could not bring an All-Star front-court player in return, because few teams will trade a big All-Star for a small one.

Last year, Chambliss and Isakson made a deal with the White House to approve two nominees to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Georgia and several other Southern states, as well as three other district court nominees, in return for nominating Boggs.

It is now generally accepted that Danton was used as an informer by the court and that in return he received payments from the funds of the Civil List.

He returned to Hong Kong, where his activities resulted in a furious creditor who took him into Hong Kong bankruptcy courts in 1998; he returned again to the United States to build an empire of investments and political contributions that federal prosecutors now describe as illegal.

A jury at the high court in London returned a majority verdict rejecting Desmond's claim that he was defamed by Bower in a biography of the former Telegraph boss Conrad Black.

A former construction official for the Port Authority pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to taking bribes in return for arranging faster payments from the authority to an environmental-testing contractor.

The three who were to have begun their prison terms this week agreed to plea bargains with the court, confessing to their involvement in return for more lenient sentences.