Sentences with phrase «general statutes which»

The Regional School District # 7» policy cites section 10 - 14n of the Connecticut General Statutes which lays out the law about Connecticut's mastery test.

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«I think the Moreland Commission, which is an executive entity — the statute says Moreland exists to investigate the executive, not the Legislature, that is the statute — so I think what happened with this is that by deputizing the members and making them deputy attorney generals, it was an effort to go after the Legislature,» McArdle continued.

The measure, criticised by civil liberty campaigners as a «snooper's charter», has been taken out of a more general Home Office and Ministry of Justice - sponsored crime and courts bill, which ministers need to get on to the statute book as fast as possible.

The general consensus is that today's ruling appears to be good news for Bruno, which faces two years behind bars for violating the now potentially defunct statute.

Proponents of the Martin Act have noted the high rate at which financial crimes are prosecuted in New York; opponents have argued that the law has been used by attorneys general to score political points and boost political profiles, and that it's been used improperly due to the broadness of the statute.

All of these attorneys general expanded their power at least partially on the basis of a single 1921 statute known as the Martin Act, which gives the New York AG vastly greater latitude in prosecuting financial crimes against shareholders.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats say few of the proposed new laws it contains will make it on to the statute books before Parliament has to be dissolved for a general election, which must happen by June at the latest.

He / she may sign, with the Treasurer or any other proper officer of the corporation authorized by the Board of Directors, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws or by statute to some other officer or agent of the corporation; and in general he / she shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is an annual codification of the general and permanent rules of the executive departments and agencies of the Federal The multiple laws which governed immigration and naturalization to that time were brought into one comprehensive statute, the Immigration and Nationality

Currently there are two CT General Assembly bills which consider the Smarter Balanced Assessments the state «Mastery Test» (requirement of state statute):

«I anticipate an increase in prosecutions of parents under this new statute,» said Ryan Kellus Turner, general counsel and director of education for the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center in Austin, which helps provide training on municipal court procedures.

Each Federal department and agency which is empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any program or activity, by way of grant, loan, or contract other than a contract of insurance or guaranty, is authorized and directed to effectuate the provisions of section 601 with respect to such program or activity by issuing rules, regulations, or orders of general applicability which shall be consistent with achievement of the objectives of the statute authorizing the financial assistance in connection with which the action is taken.

This will frequently be the case for health coverage decisions, as many statutes grant power to administrative actors in general terms which impute significant discretion to the body in question.

(1) Access to the s. 96 courts is a fundamental premise of the constitutional arrangement of Canada which can not be materially hindered by anyone (BCGEU)[British Columbia Government Employees» Union v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1988] 2 S.C.R. 214], including either Parliament or the legislatures, just as public and political discourse may not be abrogated by law (Alberta Reference)[Reference re Alberta Statutes, [1938] S.C.R. 100].

Furthermore, we have Statute Citation where the disordered love love included 2.1.1 Statutes, which in the general form does not mention commas separating chapter numbers and pinpoints, nor are commas included in the examples with 2.1.1; yet at 2.1.10 tje 7th ed.

The group, the United Seniors Association, a conservative alternative to the American Association of Retired Persons, sued Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds and other cigarette makers, claiming standing as a private attorney general under the Medicare Secondary Payer statute, which creates a private cause of action against those primarily responsible for Medicare - covered medical expenses.

As to the fourth issue, where, as in the instant case, the person concerned was ex-hypothesi disabled and the public authority was discharging its functions under statutes which expressly directed its attention to the needs of the disabled persons, it might be entirely superfluous to make express reference to s 49A of the 1995 Act and absurd to infer from an omission to do so a failure on the authority's part to have regard to their general duty under that section.

Wyoming Statutes § 33-5-101 et seq. is the law regulating attorneys which prohibits the unauthorized practice of law that is the basis for the general rule at Wyoming Statutes § 33-5-117 which states:

But, the decision leaves Congress with the option of potentially changing that statute which currently limits the personal jurisdiction of federal trial courts to that of a state court of general jurisdiction in the same state, as it already does in cases that are predominantly «in rem» (e.g. interpleader cases and interstate boundary and real property title disputes), in bankruptcy cases, and with respect to the subpoena power of U.S. District Courts.

Wyoming does have an exception to the general rule for small claims court cases at Wyoming Statutes § 1-21-202 (b), which states:

There are many ways in which nursing homes can be held responsible for injuring others as a result of their negligence, abuse, exploitation, false imprisonment, or violations of criminal statutes, as well as violations of regulations pertaining to their licensing, maintenance, and general operation.

In some states there is a law know as Caylee's Law, for example Connecticut General Statutes 53 - 21a (d) which requires reporting a child's disappearance:

For almost 30 years, venue of patent cases utilized the general federal venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1391 (c), which allows a corporation to be sued «in any judicial district in which such defendant is subject to the court's personal jurisdiction.»

For additional discussion of this and other limitations topics, see «The Limitations Act, 2002 is a «catch all» statute»», which provides a general overview of the legislation; and «Lessons learned: The Limitations Act, 2002» which summarizes key case decisions under the new statute.

My own attempt, by email, to suggest to the offending editor the error of her ways (by quoting the statute and referring her to two resources), resulted in an angry rebuff, in which I was accused of practicing law without a license, told that my email would therefore be forwarded to the Attorney General and the paper's lawyer (who it was implied had okayed their statement denying Fair Use rights), and threatened with hearing from said lawyer, should I take any of their materials.

We are often asked to represent victims in personal injury and legal malpractice cases in which we employ Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 93A, the Consumer Protection statute.

In my opinion a constitutional statute is one which (a) conditions the legal relationship between citizen and state in some general, overarching manner, or (b) enlarges or diminishes the scope of what we would now regard as fundamental constitutional rights.»

The Court rejected arguments that the general venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1391 (c), which was amended post-Fourco and twice since § 1400, overrode the definition of residence -LSB-...]

In Butler v. Michigan, 352 U. S. 380 (1957), a unanimous Court reversed a conviction under a statute which made it an offense to make available to the general public materials

For example, it concedes, in principle, that some questions of bias or procedure might not be questions of general law of central importance to the legal system but rather questions of discretion, policy or interpretation of a decision - maker's home statute to which a deferential approach should be applied.

Accordingly, the bill provisions intend to «overturn this Supreme Court precedent and establish that the restrictions or prohibitions set forth in the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, which are specifically applicable to public entities and public employees, supersede the general availability of such damages under the common law, the above enactments, or any other statute.»

The recent conference adopted the definition of aggression expressed by the General Assembly on December 14, 1974 in Resolution 3314 (XXIX), which was one of the proposals during the 1998 formation of the statute.

Fourth, in § 160.203, several criteria relating to the statutory grounds for exception determinations have been further spelled out: (1) The words «related to the provision of or payment for health care» have been added to the exception for fraud and abuse; (2) the words «to the extent expressly authorized by statute or regulation» have been added to the exception for state regulation of health plans; (3) the words «of serving a compelling need related to public health, safety, or welfare, and, where a standard, requirement, or implementation specification under part 164 of this subchapter is at issue, where the Secretary determines that the intrusion into privacy is warranted when balanced against the need to be served» have been added to the general exception «for other purposes»; and (4) the statutory provision regarding controlled substances has been elaborated on as follows: «Has as its principal purpose the regulation of the manufacture, registration, distribution, dispensing, or other control of any controlled substance, as defined at 21 U.S.C. 802, or which is deemed a controlled substance by state law.»

It is common to see in statutes a power to make regulations for the better carrying out of the objects of the statute, which is about as general as one can get.

Second, to add belt to braces, the judgment goes on to consider in some detail the decision of the court of Appeal in the leading case of Jones v Tower Boot Co [1997] 2 All ER 406, [1997] IRLR 168, which held that a purposive interpretation is to be given to the general vicarious liability provisions in the discrimination statutes in order to achieve their aim, even at the cost of going further than the normal common law rules; this was held to be equally applicable to the parallel provisions on agency.

That was the general position under the procedural rules of English law, against the background of which the statute was enacted.

Traditionally, statutes introduced between general revisions were cited by reference to the year in which they were enacted (e.g., SM 1968) until they became incorporated in a general revision (e.g., RSM 1970).

No person elected to the general court shall during the term for which he was elected be appointed to any office created or the emoluments whereof are increased during such term, nor receive additional salary or compensation for service upon any recess committee or commission except a committee appointed to examine a general revision of the statutes of the commonwealth when submitted to the general court for adoption.

A question which arose in applying this test in both the Miriuwung Gajerrong and the Wilson v Anderson decisions was whether the inconsistency of incidents test was different to and not as rigorous as the test applied by courts to determine whether general property rights have been appropriated by a statute.