Sentence examples for existing statute from inspiring English sources

The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the then existing statute of limitations actually meant what it said.

Property owners forced by existing statute to accept drilling under their property are also not adequately protected.

Gov. Christie first issued an executive order barring political donations by public employee unions to state and local candidates when he took office in 2010, only to have the order struck down by a state court on the ground that the governor could not add to the already existing statute.

"There's the potential for significant evasion of the existing statute," said Scott E. Thomas, a Democratic commissioner.

The proposal was an extension of an existing statute, the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, and expanding accessibility is, usually, a bipartisan issue.

Under the Human Rights Act, judges are expected to interpret an existing statute as far as possible so as to be compatible with the human rights convention.

Here, in contrast, President Obama has taken steps to enforce existing statutes, not ignore them.

British defence officials last night said inhuman treatment would have been unlawful under existing statutes already enshrined in British law.

Several lawyers said they have had to turn down otherwise compelling cases because existing statutes can sharply limit recovery — often in random and scattershot ways.

The question, though, is whether a new practice, enabled by the Internet, deserves a new law – or whether instead existing statutes provide enough protection.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the policy was based on existing statutes and was intended to make good use of strained resources.