Sentence examples for of statutory terms from inspiring English sources

"Whether a part or accessory is, in fact, a machinegun requires an application of statutory terms – the law – to the technical and functional characteristics of the device.

The Fire Brigades Union said that it expected its members to ignore the offer of redundancy on statutory terms.

The dissent contends that this deleted section -- which was explicitly rejected by the Louisiana Legislature -- reveals the legislature's "obviously intended meaning of the statutory terms 'academic freedom.'" Post at 628.

Mr Winter said the apostasy ruling suggested a fusion of theological and statutory terms.

I have no quarrel with the major-ity's definitions of the relevant statutory terms, ante, at 6 7, and I agree that the FSIA does not deem a foreign state properly served solely because the service method is reasonably calculated to provide actual notice, ante, at 9 10, 15 16.

As stated in its preamble, the Rule "does not establish any regulatory requirements" and is instead "a definitional rule that clarifies the scope of" the statutory term "waters of the United States". Id., at 37054.

Indeed, the Rule's preamble states that it "does not establish any regulatory requirements" and is instead "a definitional rule that clarifies the scope of" the statutory term "waters of the United States". Id., at 37054.

The general regulation sets out the definition of the statutory term "employee employed in the capacity of outside salesman". It defines the term to mean "any employee..

The Constitution establishes the social policy that our construction of the statutory term "authors" carries out.

When the literal reading of a statutory term compels an odd result, this Court searches beyond the bare text for other evidence of congressional intent.

According to Dolan, terms within a statute must be read within the context of the statute as a whole, and courts must consider the purpose and background of a statutory term when interpreting its meaning.