Sentence examples for prevailing law from inspiring English sources

Under prevailing law, though, James had sole legal control, and he secretly carried them to Watervliet.

Under the prevailing "law of partnerships", businesses could be dissolved at the whim of a single partner.

It imposes obligations and costs on people who resist – and who often have the prevailing law on their side.

"The spirit of the clause is that whenever a company starts R&R [rehabilitation and resettlement] work, the prevailing law at that time will be applicable.

Jack Stover, a lawyer for the trust, argued in court on Tuesday that Judge Morgan should rule based "on the prevailing law, not the prevailing sentiment".

Following Zia's death and under the prevailing law of succession, the chairman of the Senate, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, a longtime civil servant, became acting president.

Reflecting the wiggle room that Brazilian society provides for such establishments, brothels like Centaurus have long persisted in spite of prevailing laws.

The best way to do this is to punish Uber (and others using similar methods) for transgressions committed, strictly enforcing prevailing laws, and doing so with little forgiveness.

A SoftLayer spokesman, Andre Fuochi, would not comment about the SANA Web site, but in a statement he said the company "rigorously" enforces "prevailing laws and regulations and acts swiftly and vigorously if we find our users to be in violation".

Biophysical scientists in particular struggle with how to integrate "gendered" water uses into models that are necessarily based on prevailing laws and equations that describe the movement of water through the hydrological cycle, independent of social constructs.

One school, anchored by economists like Milton Friedman, argues that management's aim should simply and exclusively be to maximize shareholder wealth using means consistent with prevailing laws and customs.