Sentence examples for set the term of from inspiring English sources

The Constitution was explicit in granting Congress the power to set the term of copyright, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, provided that term was a limited one.

Congress set the term of F.B.I. directors at ten years, in order to establish a standard of political independence for them; no President had heretofore violated that tradition out of personal or political pique.

The "work-for-hire" terminology is the subject of a storied battle between music artists and record labels dating to 1978, when the federal copyright law was revised to set the term of a copyright grant at 35 years, after which the rights revert back to their original author.

"It would look at who set the term of reference, it would look at who was excluded, who was protected by the terms of reference, and that would lead to Havers himself who was responsible for that".

He set the terms of the election.

So saying, she set the terms of the relationship.

I set the terms of my self-presentation.

But first he must set the terms of the battle.

And the New Deal set the terms of political debate, even on the Republican side.

Each novel set the terms of its own reception, makes its own demands of its readers.

The UK needs to help set the terms of trade, even when the bargain is tough.