Sentence examples for purported to define from inspiring English sources

15 The principal issue with respect to this statutory scheme is what Congress intended when it purported to define 'an active part in political management or in political campaigns,' as meaning the prior interpretations by the Civil Service Commission under Civil Service Rule I which contained the identical prohibition.

"They purport to define one's behavior in future situations where it may or may not be suitable".

Moreover, Leibowitz's concept of faith makes no allowances for any theological accretions, be they mystical or philosophical, which would purport to define it.

Mental properties cannot be reduced to their realizing physical properties (because of multiple realizability), but there will be strict lawlike generalizations (the distinctive patterns) that purport to define mental properties in non-mental terms causal relations to non-mentally characterized inputs, outputs and other functional states.

Many just deny the intuition behind the objection, and maintain that even the strictest conceptual analyses of our intentional terms and concepts purport to define them in terms of their bona-fide causal roles, and that any norms they reflect are explanatory rather than prescriptive.

We do not purport to define the term "fear".

The Rhetra purports to define the powers of the various Spartan groups and individuals just mentioned.

Rule 10b5-2 purporto to define the "duty of trust" whose breach can give rise to insider trading liability under the misappropriation theory (see O'Hagan below).

While we made clear that estoppel applies to amendments made for a “substantial reason related to patentability,” id., at 33, we did not purport to define that term or to catalog every reason that might raise an estoppel.

Thesis (2) purports to define "good effects", but it does not state whose approval is to determine goodness people in general, people at their impartial best, or just the enlightened and well-informed?

Puerto Rico's lawyers "represented that they are not aware of any documents … that have been used or relied upon in connection with the formulation of any fiscal plan … that purport to define essential services or identify which services are essential," a group of creditors said in a brief.