Sentence examples for under their statutes from inspiring English sources

Then the Germans invaded and under their statutes stripped Jews of their rights and ultimately shipped them to death camps.

And the commission can't grant immunity unless it is under their statute.

Since then, led by the Supreme Court in its post-New Deal stance toward agency discretion, federal courts have generally deferred to administrative agencies' interpretations of their authority under their governing statutes, many of which are as open-ended as the Clean Air Act, if not more so.

Chelsea runs a strong anti-racism campaign behind the scenes and a conviction would have left them with little option, under their own statutes, but to give strong consideration to terminating his contract or risk being accused of housing a racist.

The states are generally suing under their own consumer-protection statutes, which have a lower burden of proof than a federal case accusing fraud.

State attorneys general could try to prosecute Groupon under their existing consumer protection statutes, but they would face a high bar to prove that Groupon's practices were deceptive rather than just shortsighted.

In order for Hong Kong officials to honour the extradition request they have to have some applicable statute under their law that corresponds with a violation of US law.

In Michigan, some defendants have been sentenced under statutes that prevent their cases from being disclosed publicly, according to a Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman.

"And it has an obligation to notify the criminal defendants whose communications were monitored under the statute that their communications were monitored".

The Justice Department contends that they lack standing because they would not be detained under the statute for their activities – although earlier in the case, it initially refused to make such assurances.

Mr. Schism and Mr. Reinlie filed their claims under a statute known as the Little Tucker Act, which authorizes federal courts to handle claims against the federal government for breach of contract.