Sentences with phrase «ascertain facts»

It is for that reason, in part, that a judge must have the ability to apply his discretion to ascertain the facts and eventually make a determination of what is in the best interests of the child.

When the rules are transgressed, it is crucial that an effective and proportionate system is in place to investigate any complaint, ascertain the facts of a situation and to hold individuals to account in a proper manner.

(i) During the investigation stage of the proceeding, the relevant Consob office exercises its investigation powers (as described in question 4) to ascertain the facts and assess possible breaches of securities law.

Gather evidence to initiate legal actions, by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of case.

On appeal, the record was considered to ascertain facts of the case and reviewed for any abuse of discretion.

who must ascertain all facts related to the sale or purchase... AND that was the point made by the judge.

«A high - powered fact - finding team led by the Chief of the Army Staff is proceeding to the scene of the incident to ascertain the facts of the case... In the meantime, our troops have been urged to remain calm whilst action is being taken to bring the perpetrators of this dastardly act to book.»

In an effort to ascertain the facts on the operations of these companies, NORPRA made a field trip to a number of communities in the Talensi district of the upper east region and shockingly saw for itself rosewood being cut down in commercial quantities.

A statement from the Ghana Armed Forces signed by the spokesperson for the Ghana Armed Forces, Col. Aggrey Quarshie said: «a high - powered fact - finding team led by the Chief of Army Staff is proceeding to the scene of the incident to ascertain the facts of the case.»

The fact - finding team which is led by the Chief of the Army Staff, is expected in the town Tuesday «to ascertain the facts of the case», the statement said.

I highly recommend reading those reports as a way to ascertain facts.

READ ALSO: Policeman killed over mistaken identity Spokesperson for the Ghana Armed Forces, Col. Aggrey Quarshie said «a high - powered fact - finding team led by the Chief of Army Staff is proceeding to the scene of the incident to ascertain the facts of the case.»

Responding to reports that staff who left Oxfam in Haiti later joined other aid agencies, without their knowledge of the incidents, Christian Aid: «We are committed to living out our values of respect and dignity for all, and we will investigate any claims about any individuals involved in the Haiti incident to ascertain the facts, should they relate to Christian Aid and should we receive further information.»

It's like Fox is just having writers write on something as opinion instead of ascertaining facts, getting in depth facts, reporting facts... tainted and with a ludicrous taint that Americans are just supposed to read and not be active in their communties... that all these foreigners are just supposed to be able to come here, sue and costs us money, not get along and that we are just supposed to do what the governement says... while these foreigners change everything weith the help of people like Obama... Fox would do well to keep their forums.

An investigation is a «a searching inquiry for ascertaining facts; detailed or careful examination», which suggests a wider and more complex aim than an audit which is «to examine (accounts, records, etc.) for purposes of verification.»

The total outcome is greater care in ascertaining the facts, and greater discrimination and caution in drawing conclusions.

In the Court of Appeal's view the principles enunciated in Caparo meant that in this case the lower courts arguably ought not to have determined the viability of the claim without ascertaining the facts.

Not exact matches

Subject to certain exceptions to be approved by the relevant regulators or certain facts to be ascertained, the public offer will not be made directly or indirectly, in or into any jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the laws of such jurisdiction, or by use of the mails or by any means or instrumentality (including without limitation, facsimile transmission, telephone and the internet) of interstate or foreign commerce, or any facility of a national securities exchange, of any such jurisdiction.

However, the Enrollment Program still ensures that the State monitors the operation of virtual currency businesses as enrollees must respond to surveys, investigations, audits, and questionnaires «for the purpose of [allowing the Department of Business Oversight to] gather -LSB--RSB- information and to ascertain detailed facts about the enrollee's business model, capitalization and net worth, and cybersecurity, among other things.»

Most of the reason for this is that the question of whether a thing is or is not a security is a highly fact - dependent and, sitting from my perch on the East Coast and not in the offices of the issuers of these coins, I am in a very bad position to ascertain what is going on behind a company's closed doors, what's in their private correspondence and what intentions lay behind their issuances.

The fact that I, for one, am identified in the letter as Julie's Facebook friend brings up questions of privacy (how have they ascertained this as my profile is limited to Friends only) and borders on creepy.

Within the church, we question those church leaders who immediately condemned the Grenada invasion without troubling to ascertain the relevant facts, while also rebuking the people in the pews who rejoiced in the operation as a reassertion of American greatness.

Moralists have assumed that these facts could be ascertained.

These two facts are closely related, and based on them the opposition to images is made explicit, as the irreconcilable contradiction of image and word is ascertained (but this conclusion is a later theological construction!).

The guiding principle of British philosophy has in fact been that every difference must make a difference, every theoretical difference somewhere issue in a practical difference, and that the best method of discussing points of theory is to begin by ascertaining what practical difference would result from one alternative or the other being true.

We are quite literally in no position to ascertain all the facts, and what monstrous conceit makes any man suppose that, if we had them, we have the intelligence and the wisdom to understand them?

We must first face the fact that the text is in fact disordered, which can be readily ascertained by a close examination of the text.

Peter Laufer: Yes, I received from the USDA a heavily redacted report on the correspondence they had that determined how they ascertained that in fact those nuts were not organic.

In fact, the team had 10 full internationals on the pitch, but none were able to ascertain and impose themselves.

So I thought I'd conduct some research to ascertain whether this is a fact or a myth.

They also start calculating their pregnancies on a week by week basis, just to make sure what stage of pregnancy they are ini After you conceive, it is possible for you to know if you are pregnant or not, just by noticing the changes in your body as early as possiblel In fact you can ascertain if you are pregnant or not, by watching out for pregnancy symptoms that appear 1 week before a missed periodo Read more on pregnancy symptoms before missed period

A couple things about this study are worth mentioning: a) they removed cases in which symptoms of cancer occurred in the first nine months or the child died in the first year, which may be where the effects of breastfeeding are strongest (though I certainly don't know this for a fact, but it is reasonable); and b) they did not examine exclusive breastfeeding, but rather any breastfeeding (this is important as the effects of breastfeeding are known to be strongest when breastfeeding is exclusive and it is also difficult to ascertain how little or how much women were breastfeeding when any breastfeeding is the variable of interest).

Combine that with the fact that around three quarters are local candidates, so far as I can ascertain, and there are signs the selection process is properly recognising the benefit of experience, local knowledge and name recognition.

He said the committee members were on a fact finding mission to all the state - owned tertiary institutions to ascertain whether their accounts had been audited.

As President of ECOWAS, he played an important role in the Ebola crisis: He was the first President to travel to the affected places (Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia) to ascertain the true facts on the ground.

He pledged to not speak about the issue himself, in hopes of ascertaining «if this exercise would help New Yorkers and Americans remember that the terrorists didn't care who we were when they attacked us and we should think a lot about the fact that in many ways, we were all victims.»

I am very disappointed that Penn chose to file its lawsuit without making any effort to speak with me or ascertain the true facts before filing a suit that unjustly harms my reputation.»

In the first of five studies, the researchers ascertained, through a representative national survey, that people who report feeling awe more often are, in fact, more generous.

«What we have now ascertained is that these regions are in fact identical, thus laying the controversy to rest,» said Professor Thomas Palberg of the Institute of Physics at Mainz University, explaining the results of his research.

This latter fact can be ascertained even though the H II regions can not be seen clearly beyond a few thousand light - years from the Sun.

Typically it's not the facts / numbers that are wrong, but the conclusions drawn by either faulty / bias logic (such as the cholesterol myths) or via assumptions based on other «facts» ascertained the same way.

The purpose of an inquiry is to examine issues in detail and establish the facts so that the regulator can ascertain whether there has been misconduct or mismanagement; establish the extent of the risk to the charity's property, beneficiaries or work; decide what action needs to be taken to resolve the serious concerns, if necessary using its investigative, protective and remedial powers to do so.

A survey conducted by Aris to ascertain the pattern of ebook proliferation in Germany has brought to light some interesting facts.

Sometimes a cat will look perfectly healthy when in fact they are unwell and only a visit to your veterinarian will ascertain if the causes of your cat urine problems are medical.

This ability to take a good history and to ascertain relevant facts is essential and is often overlooked as a necessary skill when working with behavior problems.

I don't try to debate ideology, but the facts as best as I can ascertain them.

What is even more important than the fact that damage cost increases with climate sensitivity is to ascertain the functional form of that increase: Will a.5 °C increase of sensitivity from 2.5 °C to 3 °C incur the same additional cost as an increase from 3 °C to 3.5 °C?

While agencies (EPA) have fairly broad discretion in making specific factual determinations, the factual findings can (and usually will) be remanded for further proceedings if the agency failed to follow its own guidelines and procedures to ascertain basic facts.

The «Exxon knew» claim, recall, began with investigative reports by InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times, both suffering from the characteristic flaw of American journalism — diligently ascertaining and confirming the facts, then shoving them into an off - the - shelf narrative they don't support.

The fact that there are cases where it is not or has no effect is not the point of the ascertain.