Sentence examples for law a declaration from inspiring English sources

He was often misquoted as declaring "martial law" in the city, despite there being no such term in Louisiana state law (a declaration of a state of emergency was instead made).

This case, Moore v. Chamber of Commerce, No. 02-305, was brought in 2000 by the chamber under Mississippi's campaign law, seeking a declaration that advertisements in which it praised state judicial candidates as "fair and independent" were not express advocacy.

City law requires a declaration of intent by the couple, and a pronouncement by the officiant.

"At its root, they are a rejection of our immigration laws and a declaration of open borders".

Above all, Wells believed that what we needed to do was make and ratify as law an international declaration of human rights.

Leaders of the Boston Priests Forumm, an unofficial association of priests, sent a letter to Cardinal Law today opposing a declaration of bankruptcy.

More than 100 prominent people from literature, the arts, science, academia, human rights and the law have signed a declaration urging newspaper and magazine publishers to embrace the royal charter system of press regulation.

Poroshenko called the incident "unprovoked and crazy" but said the introduction of martial law was not a "declaration of war".

This antinomian declaration — our inner light will tell us when and when not to obey — flies in the face of another commonplace of democracy: ours is a government of laws not men (a declaration found in the 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts).

Critics denounced the president, saying that neither of the two constitutional conditions for a martial law declaration — a foreign invasion or a rebellion — had been met.

The judge noted that Ohio law does not allow a declaration of death to be reversed after three years or more have passed.