Sentence examples for principle of necessity from inspiring English sources

"I acted in the principle of necessity for my country, so I ask to be acquitted," he concluded.

Other Neolithic innovations were driven by the same principle of "necessity is the mother of invention," but most have been superseded over the centuries as new materials and production techniques have emerged.

The security and intelligence services are strong advocates of the principles of "necessity" and "proportionality" underpinning the act.

This includes: purpose limitation; rigorous evidence based arguments; the principles of necessity and proportionality; stringent data protection safeguards, especially when handling sensitive personal data; independent data protection oversight; and, of course, full compliance with EU law and the EU treaties".

Emergency laws have been used to put environmental activists under arrest, the UN said, warning that such usage does not seem to fulfil "the fundamental principles of necessity and proportionality".

The committee's evaluation of the use by US law enforcement officials of stun guns – commonly referred to by the brand name Taser – calls on the authorities to "revise the regulations governing the use of such weapons with a view to establishing a high threshold for their use... and subject to the principles of necessity and proportionality".

The consultation paper also says that state surveillance of the internet must be the exception rather than the norm, and "must only take place where it is clearly justified for the protection of the public and in accordance with the fundamental principles of necessity and proportionality".

With these features of Hume's position established, the classical interpretation points to Hume's remarks concerning the social utility of rewards and punishments and the way in which they depend on the principles of necessity.

It is close to metaphysics in that it addresses general issues concerning the universe, such as its relation to principles of necessity and contingency, and to a first cause.

Giving a speech in Brussels yesterday, Vĕra Jourová, the European commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, reiterated that the EU needs guarantees from the U.S. that principles of necessity and proportionality would be applied when authorities request data from private companies.

Human rights law requires that every effort be made to arrest a suspect, in line with the "principles of necessity and proportionality on the use of force", the investigator said.