Sentence examples for statute controls from inspiring English sources

The specific statute controls the nonspecific statute.

First, it is well-settled that where two statutory provisions are in conflict, the specific statute controls the general statute.

Second, it also is well-settled that when two statutes are in conflict, the more recently enacted statute controls the older statute.

"Second, it is also well settled that when two statutes are in conflict, the more recently enacted statute controls the older statute".

1679, and that the statute "controls what the losing defendant must pay, not what the prevailing plaintiff must pay his lawyer," id., at 90, 110 S.Ct.

With respect, however, to the first issue, the scope of conduct prohibited by § 10(b), the text of the statute controls our decision.

Under this construction of the statute, controlled-group membership cannot catch such a shareholder by surprise, as it could under the Commissioner's construction.

As part of this division of jurisdiction, the Court Reform Act substituted for § 2255 a new local statute controlling collateral relief for those convicted in the new local trial court.

But after "a thorough and comprehensive analysis of the plain meaning and legislative history of the statute, controlling Second Circuit precedent, and considerations of equity and practicality," he endorsed the trustee's approach.

Two statutes control this case.

Although no statute expressly controls, it appears that Michigan follows the general rule that no affirmative action may be taken on an original petition unless a majority of the justices considering the case vote to grant relief.