Sentence examples for enforce because the from inspiring English sources

As mentioned by Posner (1997), some laws perceived as social norms are difficult to enforce because the legislation is not well-specified for enforcement purposes.

Soon after the Deutsche Bank fatalities, high-ranking fire officials said the rule on inspections was followed inconsistently and was difficult to enforce because the Fire Department received no official notice of construction or demolition jobs from the Buildings Department.

The Lead and Copper Rule is unusually tricky to enforce, because the contaminants in question are out of the control of the water utilities.

Mr. Perry's edict, in February 2007, was never enforced because the Texas Legislature blocked it.

Nor has it been enforced, because the Massachusetts Attorney General, Frances X . Bellotti said the law could not be enforced.

She said they were told that the contracts would be enforced because the building was not damaged.

The ban, which called for a $1,000 fine, was never enforced because the state gun group obtained a restraining order.

Alastair Roberts, Cambridge City Council's safer communities officer, said the ban on punts using council land had been enforced because "the numbers were getting quite significant, with punts lined up all the way down the river bank".

The errors relied upon embrace not only the contention that the act of Congress imposing the tax is repugnant to the Constitution, but also that the penalty was wrongfully enforced, because the one-quarter of a cent per pound which had been [p47] paid on the oleomargarine was the only tax to which it was liable under the act of Congress when rightly construed.

The court also noted that, under applicable law, a plaintiff may defeat the enforcement of a forum selection bylaw by showing that as-applied the enforcement of the bylaw would be unreasonable or that the bylaw should not be enforced because the bylaw is being use for improper purposes inconsistent with the directors' fiduciary duties.

Although Article 420 is in effect, it is not yet being enforced, because the relevant "established applicable norms" do not exist.