Sentence examples for courts is based on from inspiring English sources

Because the law administered by all except the local courts is based on English common law, decisions of the higher British courts are of persuasive value; in fact, a few statutes of the British Parliament that were declared by ordinance (decree) to apply to Zambia are in force so far as circumstances permit.

As historian Saul Cornell has unarguably demonstrated, the current "standard" model of Second Amendment interpretation that has been upheld in the federal courts is based on a reading of the amendment's history that is incomplete or simply wrong.

For instance, although courts are regarded as places for justice that follow facts and rules, rules in courts are based on legal items that demand a strict corresponding relationship between evidence and legal items.

Lisa Hajjar, author of Courting Conflict, says that most convictions in military courts are based on confessions.

The decision of the court is based on the fact that in this early stage of the process not even the suspicion of a crime can be verified," Mr. Banati said.

They appear to think he has lost his appeal because the judgement from the UK's highest court is based on a point which was neither heard nor argued in the case.

But the argument in federal court was based on asserted constitutional rights.

The decision of the court was based on the state's traditional use of the common law doctrine of comity, which specifies that Maryland "will give effect to laws and judicial decisions of another state or jurisdiction, not as a matter of obligation but out of deference and respect".

The other federal appellate courts' jurisdiction is based on geography.

The amount requires authorization from a court and is based on the income of the man.

"The surrogacy contract," the Baby M court found, "is based on principles that are directly contrary to the objectives of our laws.