Sentence examples for exercise their discretion from inspiring English sources

The other members of parliament must trust that the Speaker will exercise their discretion and rule fairly.

Federal judges should be allowed to exercise their discretion in how long to put a habeas proceeding on hold.

I concede that the company could not exercise their discretion wantonly or in negligent disregard of the rights of others.

However, even though the company failed to achieve this, directors decided to exercise their discretion and allowed some of the award.

"An offshore discretionary trust is one from which they only might benefit, depending on how the trustees choose to exercise their discretion," Maugham said.

Prosecutors have to exercise their discretion in every charge they bring and it is not always easy to decide where the public interest lies.

"And in this case they exercised their discretion improperly".

Police officers and court officials have always exercised their discretion to prevent the formal processing of offenders.

At the moment judges are exercising their discretion and issuing non-publication orders over certain materials and parts of the proceedings.

"How do you know that they're exercising their discretion correctly if they don't look and have any idea that there are innocent bystanders?" Judge Lippman asked.

No procedures are in place to guide judges in exercising their discretion in a matter that is arguably the most central aspect of international criminal law - punishment.