Sentence examples for statute in which from inspiring English sources

You're saying that they can't interpret a statute in which there is no exclusive definition?

In the West Bank, the Israelis use an old Ottoman statute in which private land unworked for three years can be claimed by the state.

"Did Congress create a statute in which we're going to take your raisins and then you can go to" a specialized court to "get your money back?" he asked.

They said it was not clear what it meant to enjoin the enforcement of a statute in which Congress offered its interpretation of another statute, the 2001 use-of-force authorization.

He cited a 2009 statute in which Congress gave tribunals jurisdiction over offenses that took place before the Sept. 11 attacks and the authorization to use military force against Al Qaeda.

Pétriz is particularly pleased with this element of the statute, in which a new State Innovation Strategy is established, whereby "the state's ideas for development of innovation will be coordinated with the innovation policies adopted by the autonomous communities".

The sentencing laws are a mix of statutes in which Congress has prescribed mandatory minimum sentences for some specific crimes while the sentencing commission's guidelines govern areas that Congress has not addressed.

Public fear has driven legislation designed to identify and exclude sexual offenders from society, culminating in sexually violent predator (SVP) statutes, in which a sex offender who has served his prison sentence is hospitalized indefinitely if a jury determines that he is likely to reoffend as a result of a mental disorder.

Congress knows how to make such a provision crystal clear, and has shown that in many other statutes in which it wants to limit the scope of a provision, it adds these or similar adverbs.

Ill treatment has bred suspicion, and aborigines worry that the statute law in which their rights are enshrined can be changed relatively easily, so they want some sort of recognition in the constitution.

Thomas thought that information technology could be used to produce a modern statute book in which amended laws could be read without the need to refer back to the original legislation.