Sentences with phrase «defined official act»

In the past, courts typically defined official act to encompass anything done in the course of official duty or under the color of the office.

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The church split certainly became a defining moment of my spiritual life as I unhappily bounced between churches for the last 9 years, praying all along to see an official forgiveness session, watching with hope as small acts of kindness mended some wounds... noting as well how others remained gaping obviously.

A flagrant foul will be defined as a foul that may or may not involve physical contact, but involves such acts as fighting, contacting a game official, fouls so severe as to place an opponent at risk, persistent or extreme abusive conduct and the use of vulgar language or gestures.

Excess General Liability: Covers NAYS Officials, but only while acting in their capacity as officials during youth sport activities, which are defined as non-scholastic sports involving participants 19 years of age andOfficials, but only while acting in their capacity as officials during youth sport activities, which are defined as non-scholastic sports involving participants 19 years of age andofficials during youth sport activities, which are defined as non-scholastic sports involving participants 19 years of age and younger.

Any electoral official of a local authority (as defined in section 5 of the Local Electoral Act 2001) may, on payment of the prescribed fee, and in accordance with regulations made under this Act, obtain from the Electoral Commission a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing specified information, for the purpose of conducting an election for any body, where the Electoral Commission is satisfied that --

If an electoral official of a local authority (as defined in section 5 of the Local Electoral Act 2001) wishes to obtain, for the purposes of compiling a roll of electors for the local authority and for no other purpose, any specified information, the Electoral Commission may, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, give that electoral official, on payment of the prescribed fee, a computer - compiled list or electronic storage medium containing that information.

Judge Caproni, in her decision, did not say she thought Silver's case was closely related to McDonnell's, but did concede that the way jurors were told to define «official acts» in corruption cases could be questioned by a higher court, in light of the McDonnell case.

In reversing McDonnell's conviction, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court found that instructions to the trial jury about what defines a public official's «official acts» were so broad that they could include almost any action an official might take while in office.

They did rule, however, that had the jury been properly instructed on what now defines such official acts, it may not have decided that Silver was guilty.

WHEREAS, the members of the Utah State Board of Education, acting in their constitutionally defined official capacities, voted unanimously on August 6, 2010 to adopt the Common Core State Standards as the Utah Core Standards for mathematics and English / language arts; and

With NCLB Waiver All but Dead, State Officials Look to Soften Federal Sanctions In a largely overlooked action last month, the California State Board of Education formally designated another 56 local educational agencies as failing as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Therefore, the final rule defines this term as an agency or authority of the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mandate.

The central issues in the case are whether the respondents, by mailing a document entitled «Official Sweepstakes Notification» (the «Document») to the appellant, engaged in a practice prohibited by the Consumer Protection Act, R.S.Q., c. P ‑ 40.1 («C.P.A.»), and, if so, whether the appellant is entitled to punitive and compensatory damages under s. 272 C.P.A. To decide these issues, the Court must, inter alia, define the characteristics that are relevant to the determination of whether a commercial representation is false or misleading, as well as the conditions for exercising the recourses in damages provided for in s. 272 C.P.A.

776.032 (1) A person who uses force as permitted in... s. 776.013... is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force, unless the person against whom force was used is a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10 (14), who was acting in the performance of his or her official duties and the officer identified himself or herself in accordance with any applicable law or the person using force knew or reasonably should have known that the person was a law enforcement officer.

A senior official at DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) said that Foreign investment was already allowed in third - party administrators, insurance, insurance brokers as per the Insurance Act but now it has been defined in FDI policy.