Sentences with phrase «conferred upon the court»

However, even if it so concluded, the word «may» conferred upon the court a discretion whether to annul the order.

In Stern v. Marshall, the Supreme Court addressed the scope of judicial authority conferred upon courts under the Constitution.

Parliament conferred upon the Court powers to interpret the rules of the game, not to determine how and when someone can quit the game.

Not exact matches

Even today, some scholars argue that it did nothing more than declare that the Supreme Court is within its rights in declining to exercise an authority putatively conferred upon it by Congress when such authority exceeds the jurisdiction granted to the Court under Article Three of the Constitution.

«That you, Yusuf Gyang Pam, whilst being a cashier at the Office of the Secretary to the Plateau State Government on 11th July, 2014 in Jos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, used your office as cashier at the Office of Secretary to the Plateau State Government to confer corrupt advantage upon yourself by making a cash lodgment of the sum of N10, 000,000 (Ten Million Naira) into your personal account with Zenith Bank and which sum was derived from the account of Plateau State Government, and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000».

«That you, Senator Jonah David Jang, whilst being the Governor of Plateau State between January and May, 2015 in Jos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, used your office as Executive Governor of Plateau State to confer unfair advantage upon yourself by collecting the sum of N4, 357,195,000 (Four billion, Three Hundred and Fifty - Seven Million, One Hundred and Ninety - Five Thousand Naira) from the cashier of the Office of the Secretary to the Plateau State Government, and which sum was derived from the account of Plateau State Government, and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000»..

To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes.

WHEREAS Skeeter Jones, good and gentle Labrador, attended faithfully with Ms. Amy Jones all prescribed Baylor Law School classes, dog - day in and dog - day out, until completion; WHEREAS he showed uncommon bravery in yawning loudly in abject dog - boredom during a certain lecture of Professor Jeremy Counseller, caring but little for the intricacies of removal and remand; WHEREAS he successfully begged for donuts from Professor David Guinn, having been unfairly tempted by the hi - jinks of the latter; WHEREAS Good Dog Skeeter completed the Practice Court program without being called upon once or reading nary a case, all knowing that a snarl would rebuff any such intrusion; WHEREAS he is now an older, wiser and even a bit fatter dog; WHEREAS those who survive Baylor Law School are entitled to all barking rights, entitlements and appurtenances thereto; THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY DECREED that Baylor University School of Law confers upon Skeeter the Labrador this

& P. R. Co. v. Cole, 251 U. S. 54, 56 (1919)(upholding against due process challenge Oklahoma Constitution's assignment of contributory negligence and assumption of risk defenses to jury's unreviewable decision; Court recognized State's prerogative to «confer larger powers upon a jury than those that generally prevail»); Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co., 449 U. S. 456, 479 (1981)(STEVENS, J., dissenting)(observing that «allocation of functions within the structure of a state government» is ordinarily «a matter for the State to determine»).

The Superior Court also rejected the plaintiff's various «direct» theories of negligence by holding that such theories did not confer a legally cognizable duty upon the utility.

If the registered proprietor refuses to do what is right, the Court has full power direct the register to be rectified in such manner as it thinks just... I can not doubt that the sections above referred to suffice to enable the court, in all cases for which no express provision is made... to cause the register of proprietors be rectified, so as to confer the statutory benefits of registration upon any person who, in the opinion of the Court, is entitled to claim those beneCourt has full power direct the register to be rectified in such manner as it thinks just... I can not doubt that the sections above referred to suffice to enable the court, in all cases for which no express provision is made... to cause the register of proprietors be rectified, so as to confer the statutory benefits of registration upon any person who, in the opinion of the Court, is entitled to claim those benecourt, in all cases for which no express provision is made... to cause the register of proprietors be rectified, so as to confer the statutory benefits of registration upon any person who, in the opinion of the Court, is entitled to claim those beneCourt, is entitled to claim those benefits.

The Court first considered that the state violates Article 106 in connection with 102 TFEU if it creates a situation in which the public undertaking just by exercising the preferential rights conferred upon it, is led to abuse its dominant position or when those rights are liable to create a situation in which that undertaking is led to commit such abuses.

Referring in the process to an earlier case on a similar matter (Twoh International), the Court then examined the Directive and concluded that the Directive aimed mainly at the coordination of the transfer of information between tax authorities of the Member States and did not address individuals, neither conferring rights upon them as taxpayers nor imposing any obligation on the tax authorities to consult taxpayers (para 36).

Accordingly, the Court is called upon to interpret EU law, in the light of the Charter, within the limits of the powers conferred on it...

The Court also indicated that the existence of some discretion left by the basic act to the Commission does not automatically rule out the possibility to validly confer upon it implementing powers, provided that the following two conditions are met: the basic act requires uniform conditions for implementation and the non-legislative act will be limited to the addition of further details.

It rather focused on the most immediate issue faced by the Court in this particular case: which is the intensity of the judicial review that can be exercised upon the choice of the EU legislator when conferring powers on the Commission?

CCLA is an intervenor in the case, and will argue before the Supreme Court that accreditation of a law school confers upon the host university a significant public benefit — financial and reputational.

It is true that various Members of this Court have taken different views of the authority § 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment confers upon Congress to deal with the problem of racial discrimination, and the extent to which courts should defer to Congress» exercise of that authority.

[Footnote 2/20] This was the possibility that the bill would confer power upon district judges to issue process against jailers in remote districts, and thus create departure from the usual rule, in habeas corpus cases as in others, that process does not run beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the issuing court.

Unison is important because it reminds us that access to justice is an axiomatic component of the rule of law, and that the courts are constitutionally able and willing to confer strong protection upon the rule of law through the interpretive process.

The claimants submitted, inter alia, that the orders: (i) had been made without any prior consultation as to the principle, relying upon the common law duty to act fairly and / or the doctrine of procedural legitimate expectation; and (ii) were irrational on the basis that the reasons which had been put forward by the defendants in justification of the decision were inconsistent and contradictoryDyson LJ: The fact that, when conferring on the lord chancellor the power to prescribe court fees, parliament had decided whom he should consult before doing so, militated strongly against the idea that there should co-exist a common law duty to consult more widely (in the absence of a clear promise by the lord chancellor that there would be wider consultation and in the absence of any clear established practice of wider consultation).

The Court held Section 14 of the Supreme Court Act to be unconstitutional, insofar as it purported to confer «special jurisdiction» upon the Supreme Court, contrary to the express terms of the Constitution.

Article IV of chapter 1 of Part the Second of the Constitution is hereby amended by inserting after the words «and to impose and levy proportional and reasonable assessments, rates and taxes, upon all the inhabitants of, and persons resident, and estates lying, within said Commonwealth» the words: -, except that, in addition to the powers conferred under Articles XLI and XCIX of the Amendments, the general court may classify real property according to its use in no more than four classes and to assess, rate and tax such property differently in the classes so established, but proportionately in the same class, and except that reasonable exemptions may be granted.

Importantly, the terms and conditions upon which the benefit is conferred will be relevant to the court's assessment of the purpose of the agreement.

A court order granting sole legal custody to a parent confers the right to make major decisions about the child upon that parent.

This agreement does not confer any greater discretion upon the courts; rather, discretion is vested in police officers to decide whether to pursue a matter through the courts, in which case mandatory sentencing will apply, or through diversionary programs.

82 (2) conferring a discretion upon the Court to take account of the cultural and customary concerns of indigenous peoples, except where any other party to the proceedings would be «unduly» prejudiced.

The court found that in order to receive recovery for unjust enrichment, Folds would need to prove the value of the benefit she allegedly conferred upon Barber.

The court also rejected Folds» unjust enrichment argument, in which she asked to be compensated because she had conferred a benefit upon Barber by referring clients to him.

The Court held that a conspiracy regarding commissions can have the requisite effect upon interstate commerce to confer subject matter jurisdiction...

Since Folds had failed to offer any evidence to the trial court on the value of the benefit conferred upon Barber, the court rejected her unjust enrichment theory as well.