Sentence examples for grounds of standing from inspiring English sources

I lost that case on the grounds of "standing," which is something that animal rights lawyers frequently lose on.

It sounded as though he wished that the Court didn't have to rule on it, and would argue that it should be dismissed, either as "improvidently granted" or on grounds of "standing" (Richard Socarides has the explanation of that).

In most cases, it's the animal being hurt and not the human, so the judge says, "I'm throwing this case out on the grounds of standing because there is no plaintiff before me who's been injured".

A small wooden grandstand with 500 bench seats was soon added, followed shortly afterwards by new dressing rooms and a second stand on the north side of the ground containing a mixture of standing and seated accommodation.

Roker Park was a ground that mainly consisted of standing terraces, and if converted into all-seater it would have held far fewer spectators than before.

A few weeks ago, traveling in Kazakhstan, I had the sobering experience of standing at Ground Zero.

It also reflected the fallout from Goldman's unyielding strategy of standing its ground in the face of inquiries and attacks.

The opposite of standing your ground is to retreat, and in many states the rule still is that if you are confronted outside your home and violent conflict seems imminent you have a duty to retreat (provided that an avenue of retreat is available) before resorting to deadly force.

He had persisted with his strategy of standing his ground attacking the Bodyline bowling, but was unsuccessful.

It's simply a matter of standing your ground and setting up boundaries against this intrusive badgering about your personal life, even if it causes hard feelings.

Congress has been pressing to hit Iran with more sanctions -- moving toward a total trade embargo -- unless the Geneva meetings show that Tehran is ready to make concessions, after 10 years of standing its ground in previous negotiations.