Sentence examples for illegal intent from inspiring English sources

Such a frank admission of illegal intent can constitute evidence in a criminal prosecution.

"In this case, the issue was an illegal intent to achieve political goals in Belarus with the aid of foreign funding".

The government has increasingly been using theories like "responsible officer" and "willful blindness" to hold officers and directors personally responsible for allegations of corporate misconduct, even when there is no evidence of illegal intent or bad faith.

DealBook » Seeing Red Flags Where None Exist  |  As we near the 10th anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, there seems to be an overzealous effort to point to red flags that corporate boards may have missed even when there is no evidence of illegal intent or bad faith, writes Michael W. Peregrine, a partner at the law firm McDermott Will & Emery.

Last year, Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, head of Israel's northern command, speaking on possible future conflicts with neighbors, stated, "We will wield disproportionate power against every village from which shots are fired on Israel, and cause immense damage and destruction". Such a frank admission of illegal intent can constitute evidence in a criminal prosecution.

Unless there's explicit illegal intent expressed by the customer to the holder, it's hard to figure out who is at fault.

The majority points out that illegal discriminatory intent and practices, though they cannot be stopped in advance, can still be challenged in court.

And it has attracted the sort of response one might expect: Andrew Arulanandam, director of public affairs for the National Rifle Association, called Mayors Against Illegal Guns "intent on enacting some form of gun control" and predicted that people would be "wary about believing so-called studies that come from groups that have an interest in the outcome".

Both the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act, the two laws most likely to be implicated by unfair denials of credit, recognize that policies that have an unfair impact may be illegal regardless of intent or lack of intent.

While it can be credibly argued that a gift-giver personally benefits only when giving to family and close friends, I think the better view is that, under Dirks, insider gifts can be illegal if gift intent is established.

"The court's decision," Justice Alito added, "also means that the consequences of a conviction for illegal possession with intent to distribute will vary radically depending on the state in which the case is prosecuted".