Sentence examples for statutes on which from inspiring English sources

So the Prime Minister's wife can have a dolphin tattoo on her ankle and dress like Lil Kim, with scant regard for the statutes on which an open-minded society exists.

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

While companies aggressively fight both the lawsuits and the statute on which they are based, many have also endorsed documents like the State Department's Voluntary Principles on Human Rights and Security.

But his lawyers argue that the statute on which the government is basing its claim applies only to commercial and financial transactions.

President George W. Bush started the process last year when he signed legislation, passed by Congress in July 2008, that repealed the statute on which the ban was based.

Professor Grundfest argues that the statute on which most securities fraud is based — Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act — was intended by Congress to mean actual reliance because the statute is similar to another one in the Exchange Act that does specifically state such reliance is required.

In its ruling, the 9th Circuit found that federal law preempted part of the California statute on which the injunction was based.

It is possible, as conjectured by Mike Bartlett's recent play King Charles III, that Charles might refuse to sign a statute to which he objected on principle.

Without dwelling on the series of important developments (some placed in statute) to which this change of thinking led, suffice it to say just two things.

When Miranda's opponents set Section 3501 years ago on its circuitous journey to the court, they should have expected heavy waters but can be excused for not having anticipated the shoals on which the statute foundered and ultimately sank.

But it became a stealth weapon for the prosecution: of all the pieces in the indictment, it was among the few on which the statute of limitations had yet to expire.