Sentence examples for under colour from inspiring English sources

Human rights lawyer Muhamad Mugraby has described their behaviour as a "form of vigilantism under colour of the law".

Rather, his was "an indictment at common law... for having, under colour of his office, exacted and taken an illegal fee".

Lord Macnaghten considered whether the Corporation had constructed the subway "as a means of crossing the street under colour and pretence of providing public conveniences which were not really wanted at that particular place", which would not have been authorized by statute.

- On Wednesday, prosecutors announced they had decided against charging LAPD Officer Mary O'Callaghan with manslaughter stemming from the 2012 death of Alesia Thomas – instead they went with the milder "assault under colour of authority" charge, which can bring a maximum of a year in prison.

The expression of IFNAR2 was examined in 13 tumour samples of 55 cases by immunohistochemistry. Biopsy samples were obtained with a needle guide/cover kit and a 16-gauge core tissue biopsy needle (Bard MAGNUM: C.R. Bard Inc., Covington, USA) under colour Doppler ultrasonography.

I often lay an under-colour, usually something warm such as a red or orange, much as Goya did.

It is important to know that when colouring charges that metals (white and yellow) is not allowed on top, or under, colours.

We can, operating under (VC1) colour the points white (for "1") and black (for "0"), or, operating under (VC2) colour the points white (for "0") and black (for "1").

And although its stars kept Paramount afloat, they weren't treated any better than other black Americans under the colour bar.

It is a dangerous power to give any government, and has been grossly abused by many to kill political opponents and other inconvenient people under the colour of law.

The three federal charges, first reported by the Post and Courier after court documents were unsealed on Wednesday morning, include a charge tied to the deprivation of civil rights under the colour of law, a federal statute which prevents "the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured or protected by the constitution or laws of the United States".