Sentences with phrase «give public witness»

To give a public witness to my marriage, I shall give a party next Tuesday and my parents will be there.

The fact has been criticised that religion, in some places, has been relegated to the sphere of private life, thus hindering the churches from giving public witness.

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That means there will be more chances to give a very public witness to the sacredness of life and to present the prolife message in a good light.

Having myself experienced public silencing, sexism, and sexual harassment, I resonate with the need to have a forum to «give witness» to my experiences.

It is by personal witness and the give - and - take of opinion in conversation, far more than by public addresses that attitudes are molded.

Tim Tebow can give all he can on the field, and he can be a public witness at the same time.

A duty, but also a privilege — and a privilege because it enables each to share with all, to give to and receive from the fellowship, to make public profession of and witness to the faith that is ours and to encourage others to do so by sharing in a common activity.

I'm an egalitarian female preacher who believes Tim Keller has been treated terribly Princeton Theological Seminary have decided not to give Tim Keller their award in Reformed theology and public witness after students complained about Keller's complementarian views.

Political parties in Belfast are in dispute over whether to hold a public inquiry into the scandal - which would have the power to compel witnesses to give evidence - or an investigation which would allow Stormont to set the terms and procedures.

At no time between those interviews and the June 26 letter reporting the Ethics Board's findings and recommended penalties, which include public apologies for violating the ethics law, were the council members either informed that ethics panel had found merit in the complaint or given an opportunity to respond to allegations lodged by other witnesses.

Howe, a star witness for the U.S. Attorney's Office gave the public a peek inside an alleged bribery and corruption scheme involving one of the governor's closest aides.

Other reasons given by women for not pursuing formal justice include fear of shame due to having rape incidents being made public and thus damage to their social standing, as well as inadequate protection and difficulties encountered during prosecution due to evidence tampering and witness withdrawal.

Each appeared to violate the state Open Meetings Law, which gives the public the right to witness deliberations and decisions of public bodies.

In the event the Commission determines to release or use such evidence or testimony in such manner as to reveal publicly the identity of the person defamed, degraded, or incriminated, such evidence or testimony, prior to such public release or use, shall be given at a public session, and the Commission shall afford such person an opportunity to appear as a voluntary witness or to file a sworn statement in his behalf and to submit brief and pertinent sworn statements of others.

I see... so discussing data is now inappropriate and insupportable while it is perfectly fine to inject emotional terms into expert witness testimony given to the public.

Those who suffer from all this are the public; the most vulnerable; the victims of crime; witnesses called to give evidence; and those who are innocent of the offences with which they are charged.

When one environmental public interest group called a university professor to speak in opposition to the proposals based on his belief that development of this nature is inimical to Aboriginal culture, cross examination of this witness by a representative of the Nisichawayasihk Cree illustrated the professor's lack of specific knowledge of the Nisichawayasihk Cree, their culture and their physical environment.20 In the result, his testimony was given little or no weight by the Commission in its report.

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«We have here no defence counsel, there are no legal aid representatives, there are no members of the public present, including the press and there can be no witnesses present to give evidence or speak on behalf of the accused.

In particular, as regards the impact on related criminal proceedings, the protections afforded to criminal defendants are not available to witnesses in a public inquiry, who may be compelled to give evidence or disclose documents that may breach the privilege against self - incrimination that would be available to them in the criminal proceedings themselves.

Moreover, given that the information transmitted about the parties, witnesses, and action can far surpass that of a traditional newspaper article or even a written judgment, the public may be better equipped to make an informed and empathetic analysis of the case.

There are, however, also concerns for the conduct of the public inquiry itself, as witnesses may be more reluctant to give frank and open evidence if they feel exposed to the risk of a criminal prosecution as a result, and they may refuse to give evidence or disclose documents on the basis of the privilege against self - incrimination.

Bar associations in Oregon, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and New York have all followed suit, giving the go - ahead to access to the public social media pages of jurors, witnesses, and other parties in pending cases.

He gives public and in - house seminars in the U.S. and internationally, helps companies improve their contracts and their contract process, and acts as an expert witness in contract disputes.

«Although certain witnesses benefit from being able to give evidence by way of a remote link to court or by way of pre-recorded testimony, generally speaking, the physical presence of victims, witnesses, juries, defendants, judges, lawyers and the public, is fundamental to our innate sense of how justice should be delivered.»

The public prosecutor, authority or court in charge of the proceedings will decide on a case by case basis, taking into account the need for protection of the witness in a given case.