Sentence examples for get around the statute from inspiring English sources

The government had to get around the statute of limitations, and that's where Corso came in.

Congress has limited the agency's discretion, he said, so it "used some weasel words" to get around the statute.

This week, it issued its opinion less than two months after it heard oral argument in the case in January, a clear sign the justices found no merit in the S.E.C.'s contention that the agency should be treated the same as private plaintiffs in trying to get around the statute of limitations.

For that reason, the suit seeks to get around the state's statute of limitations on such claims, which requires a person who claims he was abused as a minor to file suit no later than the age of 21.

MR. SCALIA -- You would bother with it because, having decided very clearly what the statute requires, and finding no way to get around the firm date set, you say the reason it's bad is because of the state constitution.

It was all splendid public relations for King Abdullah, as he prepares to welcome the World Economic Forum this weekend, dispelling the sniping that he has come to enjoy playing the despot.Since he dissolved parliament two years ago, Abdullah has governed his kingdom by decree, promulgating 160 laws, which will remain on the statute books until parliament gets around to debating them.

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This gets around the whole problem about whether the change in statute of limitations could be retroactive.

After that, the Bill's in trouble, marooned in the Lords, with no way to get to the statute book.

He got around a statute of limitations by advancing the theory that he had just discovered that Lutcher Stark fraudulently undervalued Nita's 1939 estate to duck death taxes, depriving the sons of their full inheritance.