Sentence examples for to contest the validity of from inspiring English sources

In that deal, Zenith would settle its lawsuit with Abbott by agreeing not to contest the validity of the Hytrin patent.

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus is a jurisdictional vehicle that brings a prisoner before a judge to contest the validity of his confinement.

If a board was elected at the second meeting, any shareholder who wishes to contest the validity of the vote can sue in court to nullify the election.

Since then, Mr. Quinn and his family have taken legal action to contest the validity of his bank debts, arguing that the €2.8 billion, or $3.9 billion, was lent for the "illegal purpose" of propping up Anglo's own share price.

But it lost the case because it tried to retain the right to contest the validity of the patent with a view to past damages.

Established in 1898 after the Spanish-American war and under lease to America by Cuba since 1903 (Cubans today contest the validity of this arrangement), the base has historically handled drug interdiction in the Caribbean, refueling of U.S. Navy ships, and other unglamorous assignments over the years.

He did not contest the validity of spectral evidence, as had others who came before the court, who did not care to be convicted for crimes they committed in someone else's imagination.

To gain control of FOH, the banks are contesting the validity of Bambino's appointment in October 2002 of the Argands as directors of FOH, which gave Bambino control.

MP3.com, which is liable for over $100 million in damages, is contesting the validity of several thousand of Universal's copyrights on the ground that sound recordings are not works made for hire.

In his strongest remarks about the pending sale of his half of the Mets, Nelson Doubleday said yesterday that he would file a lawsuit contesting the validity of the appraisal, and that the Aug. 12 deadline for Fred Wilpon, the co-owner, to make his first payment was "not going to happen".

After the war that split the north and south halves of Korea, the North agreed to a new border with China, one that cut through the lake (the original stone had vanished in 1931).But that has not stopped South Koreans from contesting the validity of the deal struck in 1909.