Sentence examples for proceedings whether from inspiring English sources

There had been some question, in pre-trial proceedings, whether Karen Ann Quinlan was still among the living.

For years, corporations have been arguing with varying degrees of success that fines and penalties imposed in related proceedings, whether foreign or domestic, should be considered in establishing an appropriate penalty.

Critics have said that the devices, for all their convenience, have ushered in an era of Big Brother, but they have nonetheless become useful in legal proceedings, whether to prove or undermine an alibi, find a missing person or even track a cheating spouse.

The authors also offer advice on how fathers should deal with their children during the custody proceedings, whether husbands should move out before a divorce becomes final, whether children should be told about the custody proceedings and the options to resolving a custody fight in court.

Details of interesting proceedings, whether of a commercial or political nature, in our Courts of Law, will from time to time be given; whilst every exertion will be made to present to its readers full and accurate reports of important public Meet­ings, both in this and the neighbouring towns.

Last March, when asked in connection with court proceedings whether he had received money from the fossil fuel industry, Happer said he had been given somewhere between $10,000 and $15,000 from Peabody Coal to testify before a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission hearing.

Whether the Picasso stunt kick-started the proceedings or whether the mood was already one of eager expectancy is anybody's guess.

The question before the Supreme Court, in 1928, was whether evidence acquired through wiretapping was admissible in criminal proceedings, or whether the gathering of that evidence violated the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.

Information and evidence obtained by the TRC during amnesty proceedings, however, whether by testimony or by subpoena, was not admissible in domestic courts.

On Friday he commuted Ms. Smith's sentence, explaining that she's "been free from custody since 2006 while numerous federal judicial proceedings evaluated whether her conviction should be reinstated" and that she "has been law-abiding since her release".

Already, questions have come up about whether the Iraqi Special Tribunal, relying on Iraqi law and American legal expertise, can produce credible, transparent proceedings or whether the result will amount to little more than victor's justice -- or victim's vengeance.