Novels, as we're often told, were once deemed frivolous, much in the way that video games are now.
A16 Law Aimed at Trial Lawyers The Republican-led House approved a measure requiring sanctions against lawyers who file lawsuits deemed frivolous.
He was ordered to pay Ms. Jones's legal fees relating to one of Mr. Hirschfeld's motions that the judge deemed frivolous.
Tom Emmer said Friday that he would withdraw thousands of ballot challenges deemed frivolous in order to speed the recount in the Minnesota governor's race, but that he had not decided whether he would sue if he lost the election.
Technology purchases are often deemed frivolous in wobbly economies, and many people have PC's that work fine for what they want: e-mail, Web browsing, genealogy research, ripping MP3's or writing term papers.
Edward Lloyd, the director of the environmental law clinic at the Columbia Law School, said that in the American legal system, lawyers' fees are usually awarded to defendants only in cases that are deemed frivolous.
If a work is light in tone - if it evokes, not reverent appreciation, but a fit of the giggles - then it is deemed frivolous, ephemeral, and unworthy of sustained analysis.
Still, there is an argument to say the FA should have accepted Rooney's punishment given, if they had received a similar appeal for a domestic incident, the suspension would have been increased to four matches if it had been deemed frivolous.
If an argument is deemed frivolous, the I.R.S. replies by sending a two-page brochure titled "Why Do I Have to Pay Taxes?" along with a form letter that encourages the sender to file a correct return and refers him to an I.R.S. Web page that debunks the most common frivolous arguments.
If you take a position deemed frivolous on an amended return asking for money back, you can also be hit with a 20% erroneous claim for refund penalty (section 6676).
