Sentence examples for statute that is from inspiring English sources

Children younger than 14 are prohibited from working as servants, a statute that is widely flouted.

Charities law has been asinine ever since 1601 when it began in a statute that is still followed today.

A statute that is likely to play an important role in any potential criminal case is a provision of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 USC § 13(a)(1).

"This is not a statute that is designed to create some political brouhaha or make a foreign policy statement," Mr. Lewin said.

"A statute that is 40 years old and subject to some legitimate complaints about the ways it's used in some instance is due for a tuneup," he said.

An unusual coalition of groups has come together to criticize the federal government's increasing reliance on a statute that is commonly used but little understood: honest-services fraud.

That seems an ominously expansive use of a statute that was created to eliminate bribery as a means to obtain business or favorable regulations from foreign governments.

And that is why it is very important that we follow the rules that are set forth in the statute, that were written by the legislature long ago.

"When we first started talking about the Iraqi Special Tribunal, one of the judges produced a two- or three-page statute that was embarrassingly basic.

An article yesterday about a judge's ruling to invalidate some federal surveillance powers referred incorrectly to a subpoena statute that was struck down.

Correction: October 1, 2004, Friday An article yesterday about a judge's ruling to invalidate some federal surveillance powers referred incorrectly to a subpoena statute that was struck down.