Sentence examples for courts were called upon from inspiring English sources

With the expansion of commerce and industry in the 16th and 17th centuries, English courts were called upon to decide many novel cases for which the rules of medieval common law provided little or no guidance, and judges felt the need for broad, authoritative principles to support their decisions.

The particular provision that the court was called upon to construe in Microsoft II referred to integrated products.

"As abhorrent as Gonzalez's assaults on Plaintiff and Hypercom's retention [of him] as an officer and director were, they are not the issues the court was called upon to decide," Superior Court Judge Edward O. Burke wrote.

In the case of Illascu and others v. Moldova and Russia (1999), the Court was called upon to question the responsibility of Moldova for harm that occurred in an area of its territory over which it no longer had effective control.

So will these tools need to be called upon again?

Waiting to be called upon again.

Court painters were called upon to depict auspicious and memorable events.

The court concluded that "...if we were called upon to review the guardianship court's decision de novo, we would still affirm it".

Although the Olympic authorities were not proactive enough in dealing with bigotry, when they were called upon, they, along with the police and the courts, acted decisively.

Thomas Gresham's services were called upon.

Since the passing of the Character Act, the courts have been called upon to review numerous visa cancellation decisions made under s 501.