Sentences with phrase «from unlawful seizures»

So this decision will not mean that people are deprived of «innocent» cash resulting from unlawful seizures.

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The Supreme Court agreed the impugned provisions violated lawyers» Charter rights to be protected from unlawful search and seizure and the undue deprivation of their liberty.

Mr. Ward sued the police for violating his right to be free from unlawful search and seizure, pursuant to Section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

So far BC Driving Lawyers has fielded calls from across the province, ranging from an Ontario - based trucking firm whose driver was stopped in northeastern B.C. for impaired driving to clients inquiring about unlawful search and seizures roadside.

You have the right to remain free from unlawful searches, seizures, and arrests.

If letters and private documents can thus be seized and held and used in evidence against a citizen accused of an offense, the protection of the Fourth Amendment declaring his right to be secure against such searches and seizures is of no value, and, so far as those thus placed are concerned, might as well be stricken from the Constitution... The tendency of those who execute the criminal laws of the country to obtain conviction by means of unlawful seizures and enforced confessions, the latter often obtained after subjecting accused persons to unwarranted practices destructive of rights secured by the Federal Constitution, should find no sanction in the judgments of the courts which are charged at all times with the support of the Constitution and to which people of all conditions have a right to appeal for the maintenance of such fundamental rights.

The judge held the use of the device without a warrant violated Andrews» Fourth Amendment right to be free from unlawful searches and seizures.