Sentence examples for given the attorney from inspiring English sources

"It's very surprising, given the attorney general's stated position in support of the right to life," Colleen Parro, director of the Republican National Coalition for Life, said in an interview.

The attorney general's rule was not entitled to the deference the court usually gave to interpretations of governing statutes by executive branch officials, he said, because Congress had not given the attorney general the authority he was invoking.

Ms. Stewart's lawyers asked for a hearing on the rules' legality, and argued that applying the rules to lawyers like Ms. Stewart was "particularly troublesome, given the attorney's role in our judicial system".

Ms. Stewart's lawyers have argued that applying the rules to lawyers like Ms. Stewart who represent such prisoners "is particularly troublesome given the attorney's role in our judicial system".

One would give the attorney general authority to enforce campaign finance laws.

This gives the attorney general a powerful incentive to block any takeover.

But contingent fees give the attorney a financial stake in the outcome of litigation which is ordinarily frowned upon.

The rules sensibly give the attorney general the responsibility to sign off on all state secrets claims.

THE NEWS A decades-old regulation in Indonesia giving the attorney general the power to ban books unilaterally was struck down by the country's constitutional court.

The state Executive Law gives the attorney general the authority to issue subpoenas to investigate "fraudulent or illegal acts" by businesses.

This system gives the attorney general the power to name someone outside the traditional channels to investigate and bring indictments.