Sentence examples for writ of authority from inspiring English sources

It has ploughed ahead with development spending even in the midst of extreme violence and even though the respective American-backed governments in Baghdad and Kabul barely have a writ of authority that runs beyond (or even within) their respective capitals.

The writ of central government authority has further weakened in the chaotic unraveling of Saleh's system of rule.

You and any officer acting under your authority are hereby authorized to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in any place between that place and the city of Washington".

In Bell v. Cone, No. 01-400, Tennessee was appealing on the ground that the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, had exceeded its authority in granting a writ of habeas corpus.

With the Andrade case coming from federal court, California argued in its appeal that in granting the writ of habeas corpus, the Ninth Circuit exceeded its authority under a 1996 federal law that curtailed the federal courts' authority to review state criminal sentences.

Questions of authority necessarily arise.

Lines of authority were obscured.

Re-establishing the writ of the government is imperative, but the authorities must work with the local tribes to make this a reality.

A writ of habeas corpus asks a judge to order the authorities holding a prisoner to produce him in court so the judge can decide the legality of his detention.

Mr Berisha, the political strongman of northern Albania where the writ of the government in Tirana hardly runs, is defying the authority of his bitter adversary, Fatos Nano, the prime minister.

During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln arbitrarily suspended the writ of habeas corpus and ignored court orders that took issue with his authority to do so.