Sentence examples for means of committing from inspiring English sources

A single offense should normally be charged in one count rather than several, even if different means of committing the offense are alleged.

According to the warrant, officers had probable cause that Mr. Chen's home "was used as the means of committing a felony".

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, lines were often taken down and used by the despondent as a means of committing suicide.

The Espionage Act limits the issuance of search warrants to those in which the property sought was stolen or embezzled, used as a means of committing a felony, or used to aid illegally a foreign nation.

Among other examples he cited was the case of Intel, which used game theoretical thinking to deliberately create a competitor as a means of committing themselves to treat customers well.

The city has long had a law allowing it to seize all property, including cars, "suspected of having been used as a means of committing crime or employed in aid or furtherance of crime".

The decree means that any defendant accused of committing a crime on public property could be tried in a military court, a judicial system that Amnesty International says lacks due process and "cannot be seen as impartial and independent".

Other risk factors include having previously attempted suicide, the ready availability of a means to commit the act, a family history of suicide, or the presence of traumatic brain injury.

For Hamel, who had grown weary of uncompensated 18-hour days working for the disarmament movement, Pax provides a means of remaining committed to liberal causes while having something approaching a normal job.

Those moves followed the Obama administration's decision to cancel the visas of 56 Venezuelan officials and some of their relatives, which was meant to punish those suspected of committing human rights abuses and acts of corruption and set an example for others.

The youth detention facility, which can hold up to 132 people, is meant to detain youth accused of committing offenses and who are awaiting court hearings or court-ordered placement.