Sentence examples for held to answer from inspiring English sources

Justice Department officials said Tuesday that the briefing had principally been held to answer questions concerning those problems, one of which arose when State Department investigators granted Blackwater employees a limited form of immunity for what they disclosed.

The first clause specifies that "[n]o person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger".

The right to access the World Wide Web shall not be violated, and no person shall be held to answer for spending the weekend viewing images of felines with amusing captions or videos of people engaged in sexual acts one might have thought impossible if one had not just spent all weekend watching them.

Just two months ago, he was held to answer to four counts of possessing a controlled substance for sale in connection with last year's arrest.

It has not been pointed out to me that there have been any abuses, or the prosecutors are not getting the appropriate cases held to answer.

Both were found "held to answer" in June of 2016, which means that a judge found there is sufficient evidence to proceed to trial.

He met with worried employees and financial advisers in Minneapolis as part of a series of town halls he has been holding to answer employee questions.

She would put me on hold to answer another call and talk to the person for 10 minutes.

Alliance Capital is publicly held, and Mr. Sanders will have to answer to shareholders.

Where officers break the law they must expect to be held to account and answer for what they have done.

A man answering the phone at the local police station where the detainees were held declined to answer questions on Monday evening.