Sentences with phrase «gain home court»

With a 48 - 17 record at week's end, 2 1/2 games better than Seattle's, Utah is poised to gain home court advantage throughout the Western Conference playoffs for the first time in history.

Not exact matches

The Court also said «(t) he norms and standards of today require businesses who wish to gain access to the homes of people for extended selling opportunities to exhibit honesty and openness in what they are doing, not to apply deceptive ruses to gain entry».

In the first game, the Squires, led by Charlie Scott's 46 points, snapped the Colonels» 10 - game winning string with a 138 - 132 victory on the loser's home court, and, in the return game, the Colonels gained their 10th consecutive road victory by beating the Squires 118 - 115.

«The home secretary is now running out of legal options after three appeal court judges unanimously dismissed her challenge, ruling that «torture is universally abhorred as an evil» and that the UK can not deport Abu Qatada if there is a risk that evidence gained through forced or violent confessions will be used against him in a trial.

Similarly, a gain in value on an unsold family home or house proceeds from sale used to buy a new family home are unlikely to be viewed by courts as a source of income for Surrey spousal and child support purposes.

Defence counsel Joseph Neuberger conducted several extensive judicial pre-trials in order to set out the basis of the defence, in particular securing evidence establishing that the main charges were part of an elaborate scheme in which fabricated allegations were used to secure exclusive possession of the matrimonial home and to gain an advantage in Family court.

In deciding who gains possession of the home, the Court considers many factors including the needs of the children, lease agreements, and the financial situations of the parties.

In sports, teams play all season long to amass the best records and to gain home - field (or home - court, or home - ice) advantage for the playoffs.