Sentence examples for ruling applied from inspiring English sources

This was widely hailed as good news, but there was an under-reported catch: the ruling applied only to vessels of more than 95,000 tonnes.

The 2005 death penalty ruling applied to 72 death-row inmates, almost precisely the same number as the 73 prisoners serving life without parole for crimes committed at 13 or 14.

However, the government dismissed any suggestion that it would revise its prison policies, insisted the ruling applied only to Ms. del Río Prada and said Spain's national court had to study the ruling to determine whether she should be released.

Ipcom's co-founder, Bernhard Frohwitter, claimed in turn that HTC was "playing legal tricks", adding that there would have been a clear ruling on whether the original patent ruling applied to all HTC's devices had the firm not dropped its appeal.

The Lawrence ruling applied only to consensual adult conduct.

Moreover, the ruling applied to all gene patents, not just those on human DNA.

The ruling applies to a broad range of tax rules where marriage comes into play, and some will result in major savings.

The ruling applies only to New York City.

The ruling applies only to injury figures for 2002.

The ruling applies throughout the second circuit, which covers New York, Connecticut and Vermont.

The ruling applies to both state and federal courts.