Sentence examples for statute enabling from inspiring English sources

The Maine state legislature passed the Maine Implementing Act (MIA), a statute enabling the settlement, on April 3 , 1980

In 1906, the state passed a statute enabling the tribe to sue, and Wyandank Pharaoh brought a third suit, Pharaoh v. Benson, in the name of the tribe.

On April 10 , 1906 the New York legislature passed a statute enabling the Montauk tribe to bring suit, The act contained the following proviso: "the question as to the existence of the Montauk Tribe of Indians shall be a question of law and fact to be determined by the court".

The lawyers who put together the statutes enabling the FISA court rulings surely knew they would be challenged at some point, and they made it very difficult for such endeavors to succeed.

Privacy laws and other statutes enable consumers to sue companies without claiming actual injury.

The device, attached over the preceding 50 years to some 200 federal statutes, enabled Congress to block an executive branch action by a vote of one or both houses, without the need to present a bill for the president's signature.

Lax gun laws in certain jurisdictions enable the killer to legally obtain a concealed carry permit even if a convicted felon and, then, so-called "stand your ground" statutes enable him to claim self-defense.

The statute would enable the province of Santa Cruz to have greater power over tax revenues and administrative issues.

The indictment used the racketeering statute, which enables prosecutors to seek harsher penalties, because of the Latin Kings' alleged pervasive sale of drugs that included cocaine, heroin and marijuana.

The enabling statute for the Joint Commission on Public Ethics does not limit the scope of a report but says it needs to include "the commission's findings of fact" and "a determination that a substantial basis exists to conclude that a violation has occurred".

And remember that the disapproval resolution requires only 51, not 60 votes in the Senate, under the rules of the enabling statute, the Congressional Review Act of 1996 (signed by President Clinton, and part of the Republican "Contract with America").