Sentence examples for prevailing laws from inspiring English sources

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

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".

Politicians currently guide the development of renewable energies in accordance with prevailing laws, regulations, and guidelines, with the intention of increasing the share of renewable energies in the electricity generation mix (Interviews C, D).

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.

Delays will make it impossible for them to undergo TOP due to prevailing laws on TOP.

In accordance with the law, the marriage contract must always be signed by both spouses, so, consistent with prevailing laws, forced marriage as such could not exist.

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.

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".

"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.