Sentence examples for enforcing customs from inspiring English sources

The laws also called for the establishment of customs houses within Texas to begin enforcing customs duties.

Their tasks included enforcing the rules requiring that travellers bring a year's supply of food with them to be allowed into the Yukon Territory, checking for illegal weapons, preventing the entry of criminals and enforcing customs duties.

In 1772, many of the thirteen British colonies, in response to unpopular British actions and the negative British reaction to the Gaspee Affair (the destruction by colonists of a grounded ship involved in enforcing customs regulations), elected to form Committees of Correspondence.

Mr. Rowe said that under the program, "Operation Small Fry," Coast Guard officials, along with federal and local law enforcement personnel, have boarded about 750 such boats a year, to enforce customs, immigration and maritime laws.

Still, she has become the focus of a whole body of disquieting questions for international officials working here: How far should you support a woman who personally represents change but also consistently enforces customs that the West sees as discriminatory?

They were further angered by his attempts to enforce customs laws which had been largely ignored.

Johnson "was a fierce critic of Jim Crow laws and the prevailing enforced customs of racial segregation," the commission wrote in a June 2016 letter.

Regardless of what's being smuggled, authorities on both sides of Latin American borders need to enforce customs controls and stop smuggling to make sure the legal trade, if there is one, doesn't get undercut.

This starts with the nuts and bolts: ensuring that contracts are enforced and customs systems work as intended; that workforces are educated and infrastructures – from roads to electricity and communications – are reliable.

They are also seeking privacy in this kingdom of strictly enforced religious customs, so that men, women and children can socialize openly, dress casually, enjoy swimming pools and tennis courts and live normal lives outside the scrutiny of the religious police, who are known to stop women outside in Riyadh if they are not covered head to foot.

For example, judges will enforce tribal customs pertaining to marriage and divorce.