Sentence examples for obscure clauses from inspiring English sources

One was the discovery of obscure clauses in a 1947 treaty that seem to negate the very premise of Generali's self-defence since the war that the company stopped being liable to its East European policyholders (murdered Jews among them) when the Communists nationalised its branches.

Writing for the majority, the late William Rehnquist relied on an obscure clause of the 14th Amendment itself to sanction criminal disenfranchisement laws.

Argentina is asking the Court to consider a lower court's ruling on an obscure clause in sovereign-bond contracts, generally called pari passu.

The protesters were arrested "for the prevention of harm and injury" under an obscure clause of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act.

She has used an obscure clause in the federal financial regulatory overhaul to help her clients win thousands of dollars from their mortgage companies.

Despite a five-game suspension issued by the N.C.A.A., the suspended players, including the star quarterback Terrelle Pryor, were allowed to play against Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl because of an obscure clause in N.C.A.A. rules.

The ideas they discussed included striking out an obscure clause in the Lisbon treaty that prevents central banks giving cheap credit to governments, and holding a referendum on labour and pension reforms.

The standings are used to determine which teams will play in the national title game, but this season, an obscure clause in the Big 12 rulebook is about to become a dominant story line.

However, an obscure clause allows the foreign secretary to sign a certificate for the interception of broad categories of material, as long as one end of the monitored communications is abroad.

The basis for this hope is a relatively obscure clause in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, known as Section 706, which deems that the commission should regularly look into "whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion".

These things are all doomed, thanks to an obscure clause in the free-trade agreement that the EU is negotiating with America regarding "investor-state dispute settlement" (ISDS)—or so the agreement's opponents claim.These exaggerations contain a kernel of truth.