Sentence examples similar to weak statute from inspiring English sources
"I started out in environmental government, in Indiana, and we had a few very weak statutes.
As mayor of Portland (1851 58), he wrote a state prohibition law and secured its passage (June 2, 1851) to replace a weaker statute of 1846, for which he also had been partly responsible.
So it's distressing to hear the sense of resignation to a too-weak statute and a too timid bureaucracy in his remarks.
Realizing how weak the statute was, and the kind of precarious situations it could create for government officials, the O.G.E.
Bisaillon continues to do business in Montreal, confident that Canada's weak enforcement statutes make it difficult to convict him.
The prosecutor handling Lucky's case became so frustrated with Florida's weak animal welfare statutes that he virtually lobbied for the new law's passage.
"One of the problems we have is that New York State's money-laundering statute is weak," he said.
The task force, applying the muscle of federal law rather than weaker state anti-moonshine statutes, made its first arrests earlier this month.
Arguing the pre-emption case against that part of the Arizona statute was always a weak approach.
"The role of the English commissioner has been limited by statute and is the weakest of any of the UK commissioners, and it took a fight even to get children's rights mentioned".
A strong federal gun trafficking statute is needed to address this weak standard.
