Sentence examples for minor law from inspiring English sources

That year also saw the introduction of a comparatively minor law that was very significant for women and very significant certainly for this film: the Married Woman's Property Act.

That might seem like a minor law, but the White House in November had pulled out the stops for a bill to encourage the hiring of war veterans, called the VOW to Hire Heroes Act, even inviting an embattled Republican, Senator Scott P. Brown of Massachusetts, to the signing.

Any age restrictions for access to assisted suicide or voluntary euthanasia should flow from the mature minor law in the particular jurisdiction.

Some of the resources being wasted on incarcerating minor law-breakers should be redirected to more serious threats to public safety, including violent gangs.

It's different at municipal level, and minor laws can vary wildly.

The recent ceremonies honoring the late Rosa Parks, a hero of the civil rights movement, reminded us that it sometimes requires the breaking of minor laws to remedy major injustices.

Police have also reportedly slowed down their enforcement of some minor laws such as summonses.

While it is not customary for Israeli cities to have major unique/auxiliary laws, many cities have minor laws.

While speaking to a woman in danger of being deported due to a minor non-violent crime, Samantha Bee discovers that breaking even minor laws while in the U.S. on a green card could get an individual deported.

These states have been willing to sacrifice major and minor laws, and more generally the spirit of the law -- one of the most valued achievements of our collective history in the west.

Living in a small shed in the Syrian section of the camp, Shivan is one of the unaccompanied minors Law spoke to the week before he decided to return.