Sentence examples for quashed from inspiring English sources

"quashed" is a correct and usable word in written English
It means to put an end to or suppress something, usually by a legal ruling. For example: "The court quashed the decision of the previous court."

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quashed

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The service of prayers, hymns, readings and speeches, took place a year into new inquests, which began on 31 March 2014, ordered after the original 1990-91 inquests were quashed by the high court in December 2012.

Young said he was only told of it after Hodgson's conviction was quashed.

A Cairo appeals judge has issued a damning appraisal of last year's trial of three al-Jazeera English journalists, a month after he quashed their convictions and sent their case to a retrial that will begin on Thursday.

A ban on standing in elections quashed his hopes of entering parliament.

On Tuesday, Sir Brian Leveson, president of the Queen's bench division, and two other judges quashed George's conviction, saying it was no longer safe.

The judge also quashed an arrest warrant for Nadir and imposed 10 conditions on bail, one of which is to appear at the Old Bailey on 3 September.

To recap, the court of appeal last year quashed the convictions of 20 campaigners who had been plotting to occupy the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire in 2009.

The judge also indicated the likelihood of further litigation when Elliot tried to have costs quashed because of the police's alleged deceit.

The request comes after the high court in London quashed a decision by the director of public prosecutions (DPP) that Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa was immune from legal action owing to his royal status.

The review, and the decision to ditch nine out of 12 remaining cases, came after the court of appeal quashed the conviction of ex-News of the World crime reporter Lucy Panton and gave fellow NotW reporter Ryan Sabey leave to appeal.

The agreement between HMRC and Goldman Sachs reached in 2010 could be quashed after the high court allowed a preliminary permission hearing to take place on 13 June following court filings made by the activist group UK Uncut Legal Action.

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