Sentence examples for entertain a case from inspiring English sources
The International Criminal Court at present has no jurisdiction over the crime of aggression and could therefore not entertain a case concerning the lawfulness of any military action.
Absent any such evidence, the trial court cannot turn to public policy in order to support a conclusion that the courts cannot entertain a particular case.
It takes some boldness to believe you can entertain an audience – in this case for an hour and three-quarters – with what appears to be cosy chat.
Without speaking about the case specifically, a State Department official said the United States "would certainly entertain" a Venezuelan request.
It cannot entertain a writ of error, to revise the judgment of the Circuit Court, in any case where a party has been convicted of a public offence.
If you are willing to perform the requested experiments, we would happily entertain a revised paper.
In some cases restaurants would entertain an off the menu order.
Why entertain an illusion?
In such a case, the property owner entertains a historically rooted expectation of compensation, and the character of the invasion is qualitatively more intrusive than perhaps any other category of property regulation.
He said the district court had not had jurisdiction to entertain the case in the first place.
