Sentence examples for discretion to interpret from inspiring English sources

Since the crisis regulators have generally given bankers less discretion to interpret the rules, not more.

But a memo from her agency's legal counsel says "the Secretary has discretion" to interpret the statute governing the funds.

That law leaves police officers with too much discretion to interpret what constitutes harassment, said Councilwoman Kathryn E. Freed, a candidate for public advocate and the new bill's main sponsor.

Judges like Hand, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis Brandeis insisted that absolute truth is elusive, that there are a range of plausible views in a pluralistic democracy and that judges should have enough of an appreciation of their own fallibility to give elected representatives broad discretion to interpret and enforce the Constitution without interference from the courts.

Claims that the UK should be given a greater "margin of appreciation" – or discretion to interpret human rights according to the specific situation within the UK – have been at the root of many arguments in favour of a British bill of rights.

"The Department's Office of the General Counsel has advised that the Secretary has discretion to interpret the broad language of the statute as to its permissiveness regarding the purchase of firearms and training on the use of firearms," reads the July 16 memo.

There are broadly defined thresholds for what this means which leave significant discretion for judges to interpret.

The SEC still gives firms wide discretion on how to interpret its requirement to report green data.

If it is defined vaguely, and councils have wide discretion on how to interpret it, recent efficiency gains may be reversed.

As secretary of health and human services he would have a large amount of discretion in deciding how to interpret and enforce restrictions on the use of public money for abortions and would deal with Congress on legislation to restrict abortion, including the procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion.

In its order earlier this week, the court seemed to endorse the substance of the argument made by lawyers for George W. Bush -- that the United States Constitution, as implemented by federal law, limits the usual discretion of the State Supreme Court to "interpret" Florida statutes in presidential elections.