Sentence examples for statute permits from inspiring English sources

Both the referral and his appearance here go far beyond what the statute permits.

Delaware's new statute permits condemnation but sets new procedural requirements for local governments.

The statute permits bans unless they harm the "public health and welfare" or "competitive conditions in the United States economy".

It is argued that there is a distinction because the Louisiana statute prohibits (by implication) what this statute permits.

But an arcane 1789 law, called the Alien Tort Statute, permits just such lawsuits to be heard in federal courts if brought against individual defendants.

JUSTICE REHNQUIST -- Let me ask you just a moment, you say you don't think this statute permits this court to get into the matter at this time.

A statute permitting indefinite detention of an alien would raise a serious constitutional problem.

The Court here holds unconstitutional a Wisconsin statute permitting garnishment before a judgment has been obtained against the principal debtor.

California is the latest state to adopt a statute permitting what is called flexible-purpose corporations, new companies that are part social benefit and part low-profit entities.

The quoted excerpt immediately follows an observation that the Michigan statute permitting an unsworn statement evidently did not contemplate an ordinary direct examination.

It is in effect a special statute permitting only certain favored individuals or corporations to do an act or conduct a business.