Sentence examples for statutes under which from inspiring English sources

(3) The statutes under which the order was issued violate various constitutional provisions.

So if Perry's behavior fits within the technical definition of the two statutes under which he's charged, which it well might, he's probably out of luck.

Sixteen states have enacted statutes under which such defendants can be held in civil commitment indefinitely, with periodic review to see whether they can be safely released.

The statutes under which the central bank was established supposedly prohibit this kind of thing, although one suspects that clever lawyers could find a way to make it happen.

Nor do their circumstances, as detailed in the petitions, suggest any reason why the state court of original jurisdiction may not, without interference upon the part of the courts of the United States, pass upon the question which is raised as to the constitutionality of the statutes under which the appellant is indicted.

(Although Spitzer gave up the effort after realizing that Greenberg did nothing criminal under New York laws; the feds are working with the formless federal "anti-fraud" statutes under which a prosecutor may both indict and convict the proverbial ham sandwich).

Long talk story about the 1945 Massachusetts statute under which "Forever Amber" was tried and exonerated.

The California statute under which he was convicted refers to his crime as sexual assault.

This is the statute under which Mr. Gaylord brought this suit.

It also decriminalized the statute under which Tymoshenko had been convicted, and she was released from prison the following day.

"The prosecutor was wrong in terms of saying there's no statute under which they can be sentenced," he said.