Sentences with phrase «by civilian courts»

Typically, divorces are regarded by the military as private civil matters, to be settled by civilian courts.

Not exact matches

A recent ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that dismissed China's claims to 85 % of the region are unlikely to improve the situation as Beijing continues civilian flights to the contested region.

This man» a former official of the Second Republic (the previous civilian government, overthrown by the military in 1983) who was once imprisoned by the current regime» told me that in many places in the north, where he often tries cases, Nigerian civil law has become a dead letter: judges regularly turn cases over to the sharia courts even if only one party to the case is a Muslim.

So in her conclusion she highlights some of the accomplishments of Byzantine civilization: an imperial government built on a trained civilian administration and tax system; a legal structure based on Roman law; a curriculum of secular education that preserved classical learning; theological thought, artistic expression, and spiritual traditions that are still alive in the Orthodox churches; and coronation and court rituals that were adopted by other rulers.

Ahmed Mansour Qorany Sharara, who was 16 months old at the time, was also sentenced to additional three years for related charges by a civilian misdemeanor court.

A state Supreme Court justice has thrown out a petition by Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove that sought to undo the state attorney general's power to take over cases in which unarmed civilians are killed by police.

A legislative body could expand the concept of arms in «common use» by permitting (or at least not prohibiting) civilian ownership, and if it reached a point where the courts found it to be «common,» then it would fall under Second Amendment protection.

The Republican prosecutor said that the information from the autopsy that determined Mr. Garner's death — following the application of an apparent chokehold by Officer Daniel Pantaleo last month — was a homicide, compelled his decision to impanel 23 civilians to hear evidence and vote on whether Mr. Pantaleo or any of the other cops who brought him to the ground will be tried in court.

A lawyer who charges she was denied a judgeship in New York City as retaliation by Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for her lawsuit against the Civilian Complaint Review Board is seeking to add a former judge of the state Court of Appeals, Carmen Ciparick, to the lawsuit.

Waterboarding, stress positions, extended sleep deprivation, nudity and prolonged solitary confinement have all been deplored by the U.S. State Department when practiced by other countries, by U.S. civilian courts in cases other than those dealing with terrorism, and by respected global humanitarian organizations such as the International Committee for the Red Cross.

Carr was referring to the July 2015 decision by Manhattan State Supreme Court Justice Alice Schlesinger, who ruled in favor of the Legal Aid Society, which had sought a summary of the accusations that were lodged against Officer Daniel Pantaleo prior to Garner's death in 2014 and substantiated by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

The court's second ruling ended a suit by the Legal Aid Society, which had sought the release of the disciplinary records from the Civilian Complaint Review Board of one officer in particular: Daniel Pantaleo, who had placed Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a chokehold moments before he died on a Staten Island sidewalk in July 2014.

The court adopted the reasoning in U.S. v. Chon, 210 F. 3d 990 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit 2000), which rejected the notion that the PCA would not apply on the basis that the officer was a member of the Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS), which is a largely civilian operation headed by civilian comcourt adopted the reasoning in U.S. v. Chon, 210 F. 3d 990 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit 2000), which rejected the notion that the PCA would not apply on the basis that the officer was a member of the Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS), which is a largely civilian operation headed by civilian comCourt of Appeals for the 9th Circuit 2000), which rejected the notion that the PCA would not apply on the basis that the officer was a member of the Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS), which is a largely civilian operation headed by civilian command.

He has recently been involved in the first «war crimes» Court Martial arising out of the alleged ill treatment of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers in Basra.

It can only be suspended by Congress and only when the civilian courts are not functioning due to an invasion or insurrection, within the territory of the United States.

Also, the post-9-11 experience has been that, contrary to common belief, civilian courts are actually a faster way of resolving cases of non-uniformed persons who commit violent, war - like acts than military tribunals and impose penalties that are just as harsh as those imposed by military tribunals.

Just like civilians, military members must get divorced by state courts rather than military courts.