Sentence examples for declines to defend from inspiring English sources

The courts judges ruled that the trial will continue and that Mr. McKevitt must attend, even if he declines to defend himself.

8, the Justice Department has declined to defend DOMA, even though it is technically the party appealing.

When Fischer declined to defend his title, Karpov became world champion by default.

Both men are facing civil lawsuits in which the city has declined to defend them.

They can scotch them simply by declining to defend them in court.

In the Bologna case, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly criticized the Law Department for declining to defend the commander.

After contesting the jurisdiction of an American court, Dr. Karadzic declined to defend himself.

(When the State of California declined to defend Proposition 8, the original ballot sponsors stepped in to do so).

The Obama administration declined to defend DOMA; Californian officials refused to fight a state-court ruling striking down Proposition 8.

In February 2011, however, the Justice Department declined to defend the act in court, though the government continued to enforce the law.

And in an unusual move for the executive branch, since last year the Obama administration has declined to defend the law.