Sentence examples for in a certain sum from inspiring English sources

The distinction between the two was in the manner in which they were pleaded; in indebtitatus assumpsit the plaintiff merely alleged a debt in a certain sum and a promise to pay, while in special assumpsit all the detail of the underlying transaction had to be set out specifically.

The federal programme kicks in when industry losses are greater than a certain sum ($10 billion in 2003, $12.5 billion in 2004 and $15 billion in 2005).

Below the line: How the scams work * Restaurant and bar owners assume staff will receive a certain sum in tips and deduct the cash from their wages.

They include: restaurants assuming staff will receive a certain sum in tips and deducting that cash from their pay packets; employees being wrongly classified as volunteers and thus not entitled to a wage; companies charging staff for uniforms or benefits in kind, such as accommodation or transport; and paying cash-in-hand so that hours and wages go unrecorded.

Bills can be "short", "linear" or "non-negotiable sea waybills" An unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person (drawer) to another (drawee) signed by the person giving it (drawer) requiring the person to whom it is addressed (drawee) to pay on demand, or at a final or determinable future time, a certain sum in money to, or to the order of, a specified person (payer) or to bearer.

Residency - Foreign nationals can usually obtain residency if they: work for a local business; employ a minimum number of Cape Verdean nationals; invest more than a certain sum in a new business; or if they can prove they have sufficient income from outside the country to provide for themselves and pay for private healthcare.

He read in Sylvia Porter's financial column that when she didn't earmark a certain sum for saving in U.S. bonds, it just frittered away in dribs & drabs.

But in the case of "Chariot" there was no competition: beyond the lot's guarantor — a person or syndicate who promised in advance to buy it for a certain sum — it looked as though there was only one real bidder in the room.

Having established that the obligation from fairness to support research cannot necessarily be discharged merely by the making of some contribution (in this case the payment of a certain sum of taxes) but that there is also a criterion of sufficiency, we must now consider the question of what would constitute a sufficient contribution.

A global rule preventing heads of state from moving more than a certain sum abroad while in office would do the trick.

And if he wanted to divorce her, he was required to pay her a certain sum of money in order to protect her from poverty.