Sentence examples for power to settle from inspiring English sources

But Congress then rejected a more powerful version, the International Trade Organisation (ITO), which would have had the power to settle disputes and enforce agreed-upon rules.

667, gave Commissioner the power to settle damage claims up to $500.

Company executives said they did not have the power to settle that issue.

They have also been accused of abusing their power to settle old grudges, and even colluding with competing criminal syndicates.

Nobody thinks the public meant to recognize same-sex marriage by ratifying the 14th Amendment, or to give judges the power to settle the issue.

Mr. Gansler did not dispute the federal government's power to settle the issue after a meeting with prosecutors from six other local jurisdictions where the sniper struck.

Mr. Spota attacked him as a bully who used the power of his office to settle personal and political disputes, a criticism made by others in the past.

Physiological and molecular investigations have provided evidence that endosymbionts supply their host's diet with limiting nutrients, thereby improving their invasive power and their ability to settle on nutritionally poor sources and habitats, such as blood (Glossina, Rhodnius), plant sap (aphids, psyllids, whiteflies, mealybugs), and cereal grains (Sitophilus) [ 2, 4].

Although the PCC will mediate payments for newspapers to complainants, it has no power to force a paper to settle financially, he said.

C12 Williams Settles Energy Case The Williams Companies agreed to pay $400 million and restructure a power contract to settle accusations that Williams drove up prices and overcharged customers during California's electricity crisis.

All of human history demonstrated the propensity of the executive to inflate danger or otherwise concoct justifications for war to aggrandize power or to settle personal vendettas.