Sentences with phrase «factual basis for»

Making an affirmative statement without knowing whether the statement is true or without any knowledge of a factual basis for the statement.

By integrating nonpartisan social science research, policy analysis and public education, the Center hoped to provide a factual basis for the development of sound governmental policies and for public consideration of the sensitive issues involved in the promotion of reproductive health and rights.

«Although appellant argues that this case presents an issue of first impression because the family court relied on «parental alienation syndrome» as a factual basis for assuming jurisdiction, we believe that petitioner properly responds that the family court's factual findings are amply supported by the record and that the term «parental alienation syndrome» is merely a way of describing appellant's actions as they related to the circumstances of this case.

Despite the status of the registration process as an administrative test only, these conditions require the Native Title Registrar to make an assessment of the factual basis for claimed native title [113] and to be satisfied that at least one member of the native title claim group «currently has or previously had a traditional physical connection with any part of the land or waters covered by the application».

She would expound on her strong opinions on most subjects but rarely provided a factual basis for these views.

• Researched and developed factual basis for a restraining order for a kidnapping case which the court relied heavily on when passing a verdict

The factual basis for the opinion is clearly set out in the record: that Walsh refused to address a customer's complaint through BBB mediation.

He would not concede that there was any value to timely bucketing specific examples of good and bad behaviors, nor that the resulting data could provide a roadmap to help the client and create a factual basis for higher fees.

The issue of determining whether there was a factual basis for the BBB's opinion is not so complex that it requires a new trial.

Contrary to Richard Gold's assertion, the Canadian promise of the patent doctrine, the requirement to disclose the factual basis for sound prediction in the patent, and the prohibition on using post-filing evidence to establish utility, are not in line with US, UK and EPO jurisprudence, at least: see my articles Must the Factual Basis for Sound Prediction Be Disclosed in the Patent?

While vigorously making these denials, the House of Lords availed itself of a jolly good rummage around the internal workings of the parent and subsidiary companies on the grounds that it was examining the factual basis for the tax payments without necessarily piercing the corporate veil.

Assuming the factual basis for these amendments exist, we may see this case revisited by the Superior Court of Justice to assess the validity of Jaffer's claims.

Nevertheless, the complaint must be dismissed because quite apart from the question of service on the principal defendants, there is no factual basis for the exercise of this court's subject matter jurisdiction.

It relies on these incorrect facts about PRISM to reach its conclusion, removing the factual basis for its overall findings.

Declarations provide the factual basis for claims made in memoranda of points and authorities, briefs, and writs.

However, if the plaintiff is blamelessly ignorant of his cause of action, the date of accrual of a wrongful death cause of action is the date on which the plaintiff comes at least to suspect, or have reason to suspect, a factual basis for a claim of wrongful death.

a) Make inquiries of the legal representative (s) who appeared and acted at the trial in order to ensure that the factual basis for each ground of appeal is correct, and

As the claim was one for professional negligence, the plaintiff needed to «file with the complaint an affidavit of an expert competent to testify, which... set [s] forth specifically at least one negligent act or omission claimed to exist and the factual basis for each such claim.»

To the extent that Apple's opening presentation references past events in which Steve Jobs was the protagonist, such as major product launches, there may be a factual basis for showing some of the pictures Samsung objects to, though the court might also agree with Samsung that» [t] he use of Mr. Jobs» image in these slides is not relevant to the specific intellectual property rights at issue in this case».

He will oversee the investigation, analyze and evaluate the legal and factual basis for the claim, and negotiate with the negligent party's insurance company.

A factual basis for believing the statements made to be true is a defense if the basis is at all reasonable, and is a complete defense if the factual basis for making the statement is disclosed and that is true or believed to be true by the speaker.

There must be, of course, a sound factual basis for doing so, assisted by directed argument from counsel.

In both cases, the court had earlier directed a fact finding hearing, to be heard by the President in June, presumably to establish the factual basis for any decision as to the s 31 threshold criteria.

The factual basis for such «federal action» is that this is a national problem that can be dealt with effectively only by way of national action.

The circuit court provided the reasoning and the factual basis for its award of spousal support.

Barristers who were not trial counsel but who are instructed to represent convicted defendants in the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal have been given new guidance by the Bar Council's Ethics Committee on their duty to check the factual basis for the appeal or risk criticism and action by...

There is no factual basis for these assertions.

But there is no factual basis for them: To take just one of the Climategate inquiries, the international panel of Lord Oxburgh's: in his court complaint, Mann claims to have been exonerated by Oxburgh; but in his book Mann says he wasn't covered by Oxburgh's investigation.

We do not think there is any factual basis for such allegations.

But no, the Dean thought (in his words) that «we need him more than he needs us», with no factual basis for that claim.

Nick, do you believe that Nurse had a factual basis for his allegations.

Some of the faithful warmers seem to think that this is a gotcha moment when there is no factual basis for believing the long term trend (10,000 years PLUS) has ended.

Put the two together and you have even more factual basis for investigating how to deal with the climate or to take advantage of what the earth's climate can offer as an energy source.

Society depends on the integrity of journalists to provide the factual basis for opinions, actions and decisions.

I do this only for one reason: To contribute to removing unwarrented fear, so that a factual basis for rejection of ill - considered Government actions is available.

(1) A credit services organization, its salespersons, agents, and representatives, and independent contractors who sell or attempt to sell the services of a credit services organization may not do any of the following: (a) conduct any business regulated by this chapter without first: (i) securing a certificate of registration from the division; and (ii) unless exempted under Section 13 -21-4, posting a bond, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit with the division in the amount of $ 100,000; (b) make a false statement, or fail to state a material fact, in connection with an application for registration with the division; (c) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to full and complete performance of the services the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer; (d) dispute or challenge, or assist a person in disputing or challenging an entry in a credit report prepared by a consumer reporting agency without a factual basis for believing and obtaining a written statement for each entry from the person stating that that person believes that the entry contains a material error or omission, outdated information, inaccurate information, or unverifiable information; (e) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer, if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (f) make, or counsel or advise any buyer to make, any statement that is untrue or misleading and that is known, or that by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading, to a credit reporting agency or to any person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit, with respect to a buyer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity; (g) make or use any untrue or misleading representations in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; and (h) transact any business as a credit services organization, as defined in Section 13 -21-2, without first having registered with the division by paying an annual fee set pursuant to Section 63J -1-504 and filing proof that it has obtained a bond or letter of credit as required by Subsection (2).

(i) If a contractor to your organization is solely responsible for the conduct that forms the factual basis for a PIE, the PIE does not apply to the service agent itself unless the service agent knew or should have known about the conduct and did not take action to correct it.

(3) The factual basis for the initiating official's belief that your noncompliance has not been or can not be corrected;

(f) The application of a PIE is not limited to the specific location or employer at which the conduct that forms the factual basis for issuing the PIE was discovered.

The conduct forming the factual basis for a PIE concerns collections for a transit authority.

(b) If, as a service agent, the Department issues a PIE concerning you, the PIE applies to all your divisions, organizational elements, and types of services that are involved with or affected by the noncompliance that forms the factual basis for issuing the PIE.

(2) The factual basis for the initiating official's belief that you are not providing drug and / or alcohol testing services to DOT - regulated employers consistent with the requirements of this part or are in serious noncompliance with a DOT agency drug and alcohol regulation;

After having established the factual basis for the change, they invested time and resources on two strategies.

What began to amuse me, after some months of research, was that even private schools that required no evidence of intellectual ability for admission were still insisting to me that all their students were gifted, when in fact they had no factual basis for saying so.

Scientific American spoke with Benford about the factual basis for his book, the appeal of «alternate history» and the surprising origins of some real - world nuclear tactics in works of science fiction.

There is no factual basis for the claim that incorrect pronoun use will lead to negative consequences.

The redactions — rendered in the released files as white blanks — make the material hard to follow at times: A section titled «The Factual Basis for the Conclusions» is thereafter blank for 47 pages.

If a new report truly is a false statement of fact that causes harm to someone's reputation, and if the news reporter has no actual factual basis for the factual claim, the First Amendment does permit the courts to impose both civil and criminal liability for the false statements, with civil suits brought by someone who is harmed and criminal liability enforced by the government.

More than any factual basis for that, it's just a feeling.

There is no factual basis for «intelligent design», and no testable hypotheses.