Sentence examples for legally empowered from inspiring English sources
After an Ohio judge granted the Bengals' motion to vacate the California awards pursued by Wilson and other Bengals, the California workers' compensation judge Joanne M. Coane rebuked not only the team but the Ohio court for issuing the ruling, saying the court was "not legally empowered" and that the ruling "has no legal effect".
Baphadu once headed Extension 1's community-policing forum, a citizens' group legally empowered to help the police.
Presidents are legally empowered to make what comes out of their mouths a reality for other people.
The Bush administration should push for a peacekeeping mission that is militarily adequate and legally empowered to use appropriate force.
"We are not legally empowered to tell a university how much to pay its vice-chancellor or senior staff.
And we were legally empowered to sign the wedding licenses, which now bear the labels Applicant 1 and Applicant 2 instead of Bride and Groom.
Police officers, morticians, and physicians are required to notify the office of the coroner or medical examiner of deaths, and only the coroner or medical examiner can legally empower the police to secure a site.
The outcome could also legally empower operators to focus on users of file-sharing software that can be used for illegal downloading.
A portion of one of those branches is not now legally or morally empowered to change that law by holding other parts of the government hostage, no matter how strongly its members or their constituents feel.
Mexico, for instance, has long emphasized separation between church and state and recognizes only civil marriage — that is, clerics can officiate at weddings, but are not empowered to legally marry couples.
And so women spoke, taking to social media with the hashtag #FreeKesha to stand in solidarity with the pop star, to drive home that unless a woman is fully empowered – and legally entitled – to make her own decisions, especially about her livelihood, she is not truly free.
