Sentence examples for statute on from inspiring English sources

It may be absurd to have a statute on the books that makes a crime out of infrequent visits to one's elderly parents, but there are, nonetheless, some ordinary citizens who will realize that they are "breaking the law".

Florida has no statute on dimples.

The Supreme Court should uphold the statute on those narrow grounds.

"He also famously repudiated the U.S. signature to the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court.

It's like beginning the statute on robbery by providing a quick example of an act that isn't robbery.

Two states, Florida and New Mexico, still have versions of the statute on their books, although they are not enforced.

But Mr. Coffey said the Tweed Law, an old statute on the books that holds corrupt officials liable for taxpayers' losses, could be used more aggressively.

The main statute on which they are based, dating from 1970, says that nobody can be sacked except "for a just cause".

And even some journalists wonder if a new statute on privacy might be simpler than the accretion of judge-made law that has grown up in recent years.

She also struck down a statute on legal challenges by recipients of the security letters, but stayed her ruling to allow the government to appeal.

(In line with a statute on the protection of minor offenders, none of them can be identified with their full names).