Sentence examples for successive courts from inspiring English sources

Successive courts – including the US supreme court, most recently on Tuesday night in the Wood case – have dismissed that argument as lacking in substance.

The BBC's David Willey in Rome says Mr Berlusconi is unlikely ever to serve his sentence as the conviction first has to be confirmed by two successive courts of appeal.

However, the FCO has since appealed against successive court judgements in favour of the Chagossians.

Successive court decisions had supported their position, giving owners a workforce playing in indentured servitude.

Fernando made successive court appearances from 1929 to 1938 in London, including for assault.

Successive court decisions have established that the claims of Indian tribes take precedence over those of subsequent settlers.

The plan was rubber-stamped by two successive court hearings and the regional government gave it environmental clearance.

The government's attempts to block their release through successive court hearings looks set to cost the taxpayer more than £400,000 in legal fees.

The execution of a Missouri death row inmate was put on hold on Tuesday night after a stay was granted, lifted and then reinstated by successive court rulings.

But following successive court decisions to roll back desegregation orders, that number has increased to 34%, still the lowest in the US but part of a national retreat toward segregation.

At successive court hearings the judge has turned down the three women's repeated requests to be given bail while they waited for the trial.