Sentence examples for statutes draft from inspiring English sources

The congress would incorporate the Action Programme into the party statutes, draft a federalization law, and elect a new Central Committee.

But the incident illustrated the potential unintended consequences of criminal statutes drafted using language that is silent regarding the state of mind of the defendant.

A number of important statutes were drafted by commissions that included judges, professors, and lawyers; and authors often suggested to the courts new developments in the application of rules of law.

However, starting in about the middle of the nineteenth century, an increasing number of American criminal statutes were drafted and enforced without regard to intent.

These statutes were drafted very carefully, and the words to not reference any "benefit that may accrue," (a phrase used in House Rule 23, Clause 3) to influence a politician's performance.

Supporters of Mr. Morales point out that the statute was drafted behind closed doors by an assembly handpicked by members of the province's political elite.

If the statute were drafted more precisely, we might appeal to the title to clear up any ambiguity: "Single-Sex Multiple Occupancy Bathroom and Changing Facilities".

With the adoption of the United Nations Genocidee Convention, in 1948, many nations used Lemkin's language to draft statutes that expressly addressed Nazi atrocities.

For all their appeal to universal values, their draft statutes are a response to the radical Islam so many liberals and leftists have ignored or indulged.

"The agreement signed is a huge step backward," Lloyd Axworthy, a former foreign minister from Canada who helped draft statutes for the court, told reporters in Bogotá today.

iRobert Hooke's draft statutes (1663) of the Royal Society, quoted after Van den Daele ([1978]): 25.