But a lawyer for the sheik said that his client was found to have "diminished liability" because two former business associates had drugged him and taken the video to extort money from him.
On Jan . 10 the judge in the case said that Sheik Issa had "diminished liability" because he had been on prescription drugs when he took the man to his farm, shoved sand in his face and mouth, pulled his pants down and beat him.
Reduced risk means diminished liability, which in turn squashes cost―for manufacturers, retailers, and consumers alike.
Increased operational efficiency, diminished liability, and safer roads ― who says practicality can't be sexy?
These analogs were designed to retain or potentiate the biological activities of 2ME2 and have diminished metabolic liability.
If true this would result in a cascade of cellular events inhibiting synaptic plasticity and neurogenesis and diminishing the liability for adaptive response behaviour.
Asserting the Fifth Amendment is not an admission of guilt, and those who believe they have done nothing wrong can refuse to respond to questions until a later time when the issues are clearer and the potential for criminal liability diminishes.
Potentially closing a substantial wealth transfer opportunity spurred a rash of end-of-year trust and insurance planning, valuation work and gifting in order to diminish potential tax liabilities.
Such collateral should, in principle, diminish Enron's actual liabilities to the derivatives market, he said.
So labels are shouldering an increasingly financial liability despite diminishing returns.
"Legal arguments that focus on criminal liability under Florida law do not diminish that damage or your responsibility for your conduct".
