Sentence examples for statute applied from inspiring English sources

The federal statute applied to those works as well as to new works.

Thus the trial and convictions proceeded on the theory that the statute applied indiscriminately to both types of activity.

In the case of the Bail Reform Act, we placed weight on the fact that the statute applied only to defendants suspected of "the most serious of crimes".

This statute applied only to district judges, but its existence demonstrates that the Rule of Necessity has continued in force side by side with statutory disqualification standards.

The supreme court of Oregon held that the statute applied to localities as well as individuals, and that fares that were unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory as against a given locality came within its terms.

Whether a similar statute applied to laborers or employees in purely private work would be constitutional is a question of very large import, which we have no occasion now to determine or even to consider.

The statute applies equally to all sweet gas wells.

The statute applies retroactively, and 700 inmates are eligible to have their sentences halved by the parole board.

"The statute applies to any alien, and a child's right to seek asylum is well established.

The statute applies equally to all persons within the jurisdiction of the State.

The present statute applies to drivers involved in accidents causing property damage.