Sentence examples for seize and return from inspiring English sources

Far from constituting "an absurd anomaly," ante, at 23,the fact that a state is permitted to "expel or return" a small class of refugees found within its territory but may not seize and return refugees who remain outside its frontiers expresses precisely the objectives and concerns of the Convention.

A United Nations resolution passed after the American-led war against Iraq calls on all nations to seize and return to the American-administered Fund for Development Iraqrallassetssets of the former Baghdad government so they may be used to benefit the Iraqi people.

While the pro-slavery faction was in power, laws were passed permitting anyone to seize and return slaves who were more than ten miles from their home, and a one hundred dollar fine was placed on anyone who helped a slave escape.

." There can be no doubt that the Coast Guard is acting as the Attorney General's agent when it seizes and returns undocumented aliens.

A second group of five Saudis and an Iraqi were detained for hiding the ringleader and helping him to escape briefly to Sudan, where he was seized and returned to Saudi Arabia.

Swiss legal sources yesterday indicated that a first instalment of the frozen assets is about to be seized and returned to Nigeria within the next few days, marking the first time money has been recovered abroad.

The boy, who later said he had wanted to return, became a political football, until the family refused to follow a court order, and Reno ordered a pre-dawn raid on their house in which Elián was seized and returned to his father.

In one message, Mr Dotcom said he was working with lawyers and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which campaigns on digital rights issues, to get access to that seized data and return it to users.

A Senate Republican leader acknowledged today that Congress might never hold hearings on whether the government used excessive force to seize Elian Gonzalez and return him to his father.

Re "Raid in Miami Opens New Front in Struggle Over the Cuban Boy" (front page, April 24): The only thing wrong with the action that Attorney General Janet Reno finally authorized to seize Elian Gonzalez and return him to his father was how long she took to do it.

Additional money was spent for the storage and towing of cars that were seized and not returned to a second party owner.