Sentence examples for declined to recognize from inspiring English sources

The US has declined to recognize the sovereignty of any country over Jerusalem since 1948.

Federal courts have declined to recognize the initiative, approved by the state's voters in 1996.

But Mr. Wigington, the lawyer, said the safety agency declined to recognize that test as far back as 1975.

When Kosovo declared its independence two years ago, many states declined to recognize it because of the potential for setting a precedent of legitimizing secession.

Indeed, in the context of interracial marriages, courts in states that banned such unions routinely declined to recognize those performed in states where they were legal.

Current and past employees of the paper are at odds with Ms. McCaw over their vote to unionize last fall, which she has declined to recognize.

The second significant provision of the marriage law allows states to decline to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.

Though the Taliban control nearly all of the country, most of the world declines to recognize them as a legitimate government.

Hamas declines to recognize Israel's right to exist, renounce violence or accept previous accords signed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

The part of the law allowing states to decline to recognize same-sex marriages from other states is not before the court.

That is consistent with hundreds of decisions over centuries, based on state rather than federal law, that allowed states to decline to recognize marriages that violated their own strong public policies.