Sentence examples for some statute from inspiring English sources

Some statute of limitation should apply, and does so in the view of most people.

But although it breached some statute, Brett thought it might have a defence.

The Justice Department needed to find some statute to pigeonhole what is clearly a local crime into a federal statute, and that's clearly what they've done here with this extortion charge".

One Vatican official said in an interview today that Rome could never agree to a policy that "did not give a more detailed description of abuse and have some statute of limitations".

A Neither a landlord nor a tenant can break a lease unless the right to do so is spelled out in the lease or is granted by some statute or regulation, said Lucas A. Ferrara, a Manhattan lawyer and an adjunct professor at New York Law School.

I can only imagine the utter hopelessness I'd have if Paris or someone like that was in the jury while I was standing trial, though…" — Posted by D-St Peezey, MN More Comments | Read Thursday Posts Friday, May 2 Driving Down Congressman Engel Boulevard, in Kosovo "There has to be some statute of limitations on things like this.

Some statutes were passed but never put into force, while others seem to have been quietly ignored.

Justice Ginsberg has noted that some statutes fail to distinguish between someone who might be a genuine danger to the community and someone who has been successfully rehabilitated.

Alan D. Bowman, who is representing Mrs. Jackson, questioned the use of some statutes, calling the prosecutor's interpretation of the law "novel at best".

Under some statutes each spouse's dower rights attach upon marriage to any real estate owned by the other spouse and upon acquisition to any real estate acquired by the other spouse during the marriage.

Next, an Alien Friends Act -- not unlike some statutes of recent vintage -- to let the president deport anyone born abroad and deemed dangerous (especially Republicans from Ireland or France).