Sentence examples for nature statute from inspiring English sources

Ian, another plaintiff in the legal challenge to the Crime Against Nature statute, was homeless from the age of 13, and began trading sex for survival.

Cuccinelli wants the court to reconsider a March 2013 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit striking down the state's "crimes against nature" statute.

The Louisiana legislature recently passed a reform of the Crime Against Nature statute, but for the vast majority of those affected, the change makes little to no difference.

The challenge involved a 47-year-old man accused under the anti-sodomy law of criminal solicitation of a minor for oral sex who contended that the "crimes against nature" statute is illegal.

Garrett said, too, that he was concerned that adults who'd been convicted of violating the "crimes against nature" statute, for sexual acts involving children or teens, "may pursue appeal, and quite possibly be released".

In March, a federal appeals court struck down the "crimes against nature" statute in Virginia, saying that it was unconstitutional after the Supreme Court's 2003 Lawrence decision striking down a similar law in Texas.

Natural events like earthquakes, and in fact all events, help nature go through with the natural statutes (naturae constituta) (3.29.4).

The discriminatory intent that could be clearly inferred from the nature of the statute itself was not well hidden.

The intertwingled nature of modern statute law provides a significant barrier to understanding and comprehension, for lawyers and non-lawyers alike.

In reaching a conclusion as to the nature of the statute (and we here adopt on this point the Restatement of Contracts), we have given some slight weight to the center of gravity theory in conflict of laws.

Even if this portion of the Proposed Regulations are passed, the aggressive and discriminatory nature of the statute may be found by the courts to go well beyond the authority the IRS was granted to interpret these regulations.