Sentence examples for seize anyone from inspiring English sources

Why, then, couldn't the government seize anyone in all sorts of places overseas — London, Paris — and then take them to Bagram, expressly to keep them out of Court?

The government will be free to seize anyone it wants simply by saying the magic words "enemy combatant," and the courts will be powerless to release such people from prison, or even provide them with lawyers.

"They can seize anyone, and any property, at any time," he says of today's law enforcement agencies.

Trafficking continued unabated, however, and the British government's passage of the Aberdeen Act of 1845 authorized British warships to board Brazilian ships and seize anyone who was found to be involved in the slave trade.

Through it all, the Oneidas have said that they have no intention of physically seizing anyone's land.

So routine is the practice, and so universally valued, that the American government has traditionally protected it with a law that shields a lent work from being seized by anyone with a claim to legal ownership while the art is on display here.

The slogan "careers open to talents" expresses the aspiration to establish a world where government posts go to the most qualified and economic opportunities may be seized by anyone independently of whether or not one's parents are of noble blood or cronies of the king.

If my assets are ever seized, and anyone ever asks where all the money went, I just need to make this clear: I'm not that bothered about shoes, I've only got one bra that actually fits and my lifestyle is such that my toes are yet to be sucked on a yacht.

A 31-year-old Toronto man arrested Thursday discovered that the province of Ontario enacted regulations earlier this month allowing police to stop, question, search and seize property from anyone who passed within 16 feet of temporary security fences that had been set up for the summit meeting and that snaked through the downtown area.

The plans would allow the tax authority to seize assets from anyone who owes more than £1,000 in tax or tax credits.

The coalition also wants to give the police and some border officers new powers to seize passports of anyone at the border who they have reasonable suspicion is travelling to engage in terrorist-related activity.