Sentence examples for settled principle from inspiring English sources

It is so well understood that the seller is to have more than he gave, that it has almost become a settled principle in the purchase of real estate".

According to Erskine May, the bible of parliamentary procedure, it is "a settled principle of parliamentary law that a Member, after he is duly chosen, cannot relinquish his seat; and, in order to evade this restriction, a Member who wishes to retire accepts office under the Crown which legally vacates his seat and obliges the House to order a new writ".

Section 5 for the simple reason that Section 5 does not impose any mandate or requirement on the states -- nor could it do so consistent with Article II, Section 1 or settled principles of federalism.

Despite the better quality of the biomass obtained with the selector, bench-scale, short-term experiments demonstrated that gravity settling principles, bioflocculation and water properties still played a significant role on sludge settling.

A few of these cases have been settled in principle for several hundred million dollars.

The British drug maker AstraZeneca has settled in principle nearly all of the American product liability lawsuits over Seroquel, its blockbuster antipsychotic drug, the company said in a quarterly earnings report on Thursday.

Even if their necessity was settled in principle – which unfortunately it isn't – Britain's ability to turn its nuclear ambitions into reality grows more etiolated by the day.

The cardinal acknowledged that the church had a problem staying relevant: "How to remain faithful to what we believe are God-given, revealed, settled, unchanging principles without losing our people, who more and more question them".

In light of this and other withheld evidence, the Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana's actions violated "settled constitutional principles" and that Wearry should be granted a new trial.

JPMorgan spokesman Patrick Linehan said the New York-based bank was pleased to settle in principle.

Yet as the dust settles, one principle has held fast in many of the elections and referenda in developed countries: the old always win.