Sentence examples for discovery rule from inspiring English sources

The S.E.C. was hoping that the court would apply what is known as the "discovery rule".

The discovery rule is an exception to the protection afforded by a statute of limitations, which puts an endpoint on potential legal liability for conduct.

Chief Justice Roberts explained that "the S.E.C. as enforcer is a far cry from the defrauded victim the discovery rule evolved to protect".

A decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan allowed the case to proceed by applying the discovery rule to a governmental action.

She said that for the court to formulate a "discovery rule" for the Fair Credit Reporting Act, under which the statute of limitations would count from the plaintiff's discovery of injury, would make the explicit exception for misrepresentation "entirely superfluous in all but the most unusual circumstances".

He also pointed out that Usada was within its grounds to push on with its investigation under the UCI's own "discovery rule", which states that whichever agency comes into evidence of cheating has the authority to pursue the case.

North Carolina made a number of changes that included establishing the statewide defender system and broader discovery rules for defense lawyers.

But he did rule on Tuesday that the prosecution had violated discovery rules by providing the defense with 4,000 pages of documents just days before the trial started.

Judge Nelson ruled Tuesday that prosecutors did not violate discovery rules, but she said she would take up any possible financial compensation after the trial.

Joseph B. Cheshire, the lawyer for one of the three released men, Jonathon Hoffman, credited the discovery rules with bringing to light what he called a pattern of wrongful convictions.

Contemporary documentaries don't consider themselves bound by courtroom-style "discovery" rules about letting us know the complete story up front; they will withhold the big surprises.