Sentence examples for scope of the statute from inspiring English sources

Mr. Segall said the scope of the statute was limited.

The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in June that narrowed the scope of the statute known as theft of "honest services," leaving him with little choice but to drop the charges, Mr. Grissom said in a short statement.

Weissmann decried the "recent dramatic increase in FCPA enforcement" which, he said, "coupled with the lack of judicial oversight, has created significant uncertainty among the American business community about the scope of the statute".

If the protester knew his statement to be false, Sotomayor asked, "Is that person, if he's not a veteran having received the medal, is he liable under this act?" If a reasonable observer would see the sign as "political theater," Verrilli answered, then "it's not within the scope of the statute, and it wouldn't be subject to liability".

Relying upon NAACP, we concluded that the South Carolina Supreme Court' s interpretation of a state penal statute had impermissibly broadened the scope of that statute beyond what a fair reading provided, in violation of due process.

Relying upon N.A.A.C.P., we concluded that the South Carolina Supreme Court' s interpretation of a state penal statute had impermissibly broadened the scope of that statute beyond what a fair reading provided, in violation of due process.

Defense lawyers sought to dismiss the enhanced charges, arguing that the defendants' conduct did not fit the scope of the state hate crimes statute and that the law itself was unconstitutionally vague.

While Justice Stevens was not explicit on this point, his suggestion was enough to provoke Justice Antonin Scalia to complain in dissent that "the court boldly extends the scope of the habeas statute to the four corners of the earth".

Every state has a consumer fraud law on the books but the scope of those statutes differs from state and state, as do court decisions interpreting and applying the statutes.

All had waited for this moment through months of pretrial hearings, mostly intellectual debates on the scope of the state's hate crime statute.

Dissenting, Justice Scalia implied that they might because "the court boldly extends the scope of the habeas corpus statute to the four corners of the earth".What sort of legal proceeding is appropriate?