Sentences with phrase «clear public purpose»

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One thing, however, is clear: Although both the public and the crypto community refer to bitcoin and altcoins as virtual currencies, the IRS treats them as property for tax purposes.

In what may be the clearest sign that Morrison is intent on doing more than «putting the barn on the package,» she backed Plum's decision in 2013 to become a public benefit corporation, which codifies the business's social and environmental purpose in its charter.

The BIS differentiates between wholesale digital currencies, primarily used for clearing and settlement and available to financial market participants, and «general purpose» ones, which allow the general public to effectively «acquire» digital cash at the central bank rather than hold deposits at a commercial bank or hold central bank physical cash.

The public theology provided a sense of value and purpose without which the national community and ultimately even the liberal state could not have survived, but it was never entirely clear what that value and purpose was.

Bloom points out, for example, that Oliver Wendell Holmes gave up searching for a principle «to determine which speech or conduct is not tolerable in a democratic society and invoked instead an imprecise and practically meaningless standard — clear and present danger — which to all intents and purposes makes the preservation of public order the only common good» (p. 28).

``... purpose of the act has been again and again emphasized by the courts as being of public as well as private interest, in that it gives to the honest but unfortunate debtor... a new opportunity in life and a clear field for future effort, unhampered by the pressure and discouragement of pre-existing debt.»

The purpose of this article series is to clear up these misconceptions and provide the public with an accurate information source.

The purpose of this web site is to clear up these misconceptions and provide the public with an accurate information source.

For the previous two years San Miguel Island had been closed to the public by the U.S. Navy for the purpose of clearing the island of anything unsafe left over from naval operations during WWII.

To be clear: The purpose of the Turner Prize is to provoke a conversation about contemporary art among the public.

In the wake of these revelations, Liberal public works critic Mark Holland called for a parliamentary inquiry to determine the identity of the donors: «It's clear that this (ad campaign) was used for very partisan purposes, (and) it may have influenced some seats, so it's imperative that we know where that money was coming from.»

Besides the legitimate questions and debates around who gets to use public spaces for what purposes, from a simply pragmatic perspective it seems likely that each individual physical occupation will eventually be cleared o — either by use of force from authorities, inclement weather, or the simple fact that it is very, very hard to keep such make - shift communities going over extended periods of time.

It would be a clear concern to the public to uncover, if this indeed was the case, that an international arrangement that dealt with areas of fundamental importance, for example considerations of whether Turkey was a «safe third country» for the purposes of the refugee regime, was concluded on the basis of hasty and incomplete legal advice — or, in the worst case, that advice that deemed the agreement illegal was ignored.

(f) Fail to stop at a school bus whether publicly or privately owned and whether transporting children to, from, or in connection with a public or private school stopped on a highway for the purpose of taking on or discharging school children, when approaching the same from any direction and to remain stopped until all school children are clear of the highway and the bus is put in motion, [etc..]

Recognizing the need to prevent harm to the public from the unethical practice of law and recognizing the need to provide a clear and timely understanding of the ethics of practicing law; and further acting under its inherent power to regulate the practice of law, this court promulgates the following rules for the purpose of making available advisory opinions on the ethical considerations of the practice of law.

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No good purpose would be served by seeking a preliminary ruling on the EC issues if it was clear that the house would be bound to hold, applying the relevant test, that any such restrictions as result of the ban were justified on grounds of public policy and were proportionate.