Sentence examples for under statute from inspiring English sources

"And not a single one under statute".

The warrantless program was placed under statute in 2007 and 2008 by Congress.

Deportation is a decision taken by the home secretary under statute.

The courts, while conceding that the arrangement on Sark would not have been preferable "if one were starting from scratch," ruled that it was acceptable under statute.

The articles appear to make the mistake of combining voicemail interception (an offence under statute) and voicemail accessing (a probable breach of privacy) and putting them into the same basket.

The same directive appeared to downgrade the status of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of national intelligence — the president's senior intelligence and military advisers under statute — by limiting their attendance to some meetings.

Orders entered under statutes enacted prior to 1933 were enjoined as unconstitutional or ultra vires.

Twenty-four states had attempted direct regulation under statutes, often supplemented by municipal ordinances.

As a practical matter, that delay has allowed some potential violations to draw closer to expiration under statutes of limitation.

Nonetheless, the production, distribution, or possession of pornographic materials may be prosecuted in many countries under statutes dealing with obscenity.

In such cases mistake of law is increasingly being allowed as a defense, especially under statutes that impose harsh penalties.