Sentences with phrase «given jurisdiction over»

The first UFC established in Hamilton in 1977 had been given jurisdiction over juvenile delinquency proceedings and this continued with the introduction of the Young Offenders Act of 1984 — at least for youth up to their 16th birthdays.

When the episcopal hierarchy of the East Syrian Church was fully organized by the beginning of the fifth century (410), the bishopric of Rewardastir was elevated to a metropolitanate and given jurisdiction over relations with India.

Prohibition was in place from 1920 to 1933, so at the time the agency was created, giving it jurisdiction over alcohol would have been like giving it jurisdiction over cocaine or marijuana.

Of course the Ontario Tribunal declined to deal with the complaint against Macleans for Mark Steyn's column about the perceived dangers of Islam, on the ground that its statute did not give it jurisdiction over expresson.

In 1982, Congress created the Federal Circuit and gave it jurisdiction over all patent cases.

Not exact matches

«This document may in fact give [Becerra] jurisdiction over certain criminal acts associated with this payment,» Avenatti said.

However, the prohibited transaction rules for IRAs are codified in the Internal Revenue Code, which, generally speaking, would give Treasury regulatory jurisdiction over the matter.»

He said when his lawyers appeared in court, Justice Torkonoo «surprisingly purported to exercise jurisdiction over the contempt application although that was not the business of the day and gave a ruling vacating the earlier order she made dismissing the said application.»

Conklin told Investigative Post: «When the Legislature expanded our jurisdiction over local filers (effective 2006) they gave us no additional resources.

Sen. David Carlucci, an IDC member, signed on to a bill that would give the state Gaming Commission jurisdiction over fantasy sports, allowing it to regulate them as it does horse racing or the state lottery.

His major proposal calls for the governor to sign an executive order giving the attorney general jurisdiction over corruption cases involving state departments, agencies and the legislature.

The Adirondack Park Agency gave the project a negative declaration, meaning it wouldn't have had jurisdiction over it, but Tesla did a study that found the wetlands, which brought the APA back in.

The precise rights that workers possess at any given moment depend entirely on which body has jurisdiction over their employer, legal experts told Next Wave.

Re: the US News article on top about ESSA: Chairwoman Foxx is right about the role of the federal government in America's K - 12 education system; and families can continue to pressure educrats like Mr Botel by opting out, wherever and whenever possible, from their local state schools until the federal government gives up on the continuing mistake of its annual testing requirement in two subjects only, which has produced no significant improvement in American education for 15 years now, but has cost us in lost opportunities, including time and energy that might have been devoted to non-tested subjects, including those in the broader curricula represented by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which requires assessment — including but not limited to external final exams — in six subjects distributed over at least five fields, an assessment approach that has been imitated by the world's leading educational jurisdictions, but is being discouraged by the ignorant Luddites in the the U.S. ED.

State law gives the State Board of Education complete jurisdiction over issuance and administration of licenses for supervisors, principals, and teachers.

Additionally the Act gives the FPB jurisdiction over films and games, but not over all published content.

If the price of both carbon - burning extraction businesses and non-carbon emitting solar farms and wind farms were both fair before a carbon tax was introduced in any given jurisdiction, what would happen to the profitability of each as that tax came into effect (and was ramped up over time)?

UK local authorities encouraged to give museums greater independence online UK culture minister Matt Hancock has urged local councils to allow museums under their jurisdiction greater independence over their digital communications.

A Supreme Court decision from 2007 gave the White House jurisdiction over existing plant emissions.

The provinces would need to agree to this, Sanderson says, since they would give up jurisdiction over their northern lands, most of which are included in the series of numbered treaties that Canada signed with aboriginal peoples between 1871 and 1921.

To empower tribes, it gives them concurrent jurisdiction over state child welfare cases (and exclusive jurisdiction over ones arising on their own land).

The ICS will include an appeal mechanism, giving the tribunal appellate jurisdiction over (a) errors in the application or interpretation of applicable law; (b) manifest errors in the appreciation of the facts, including the appreciation of relevant domestic law; and (c) the grounds set out in Article 52 (1) of the ICSID Convention, such as the presence of corruption or a serious departure from the fundamental rules of procedure.

The Svea Court of Appeal also dismissed the investors» arguments that a MFN - clause in the BIT meant that the dispute resolution clauses in Russia's other BIT's gave the arbitral tribunal jurisdiction over the dispute.

Before I get to the point here, I'd like to set forth the Rules of LBW Procedure (as decreed by me), which govern this blog's jurisdiction over any given story:

Given the English court has no jurisdiction over the children the stay ought to dissolve and the jurisdiction reverts to Spain.

In a majority opinion authored by Ginsburg (Stevens concurred, Breyer recused), the Court found that the Compact did not give New Jersey exclusive jurisdiction over all riparian improvements commencing on its shores.

As stated in Briggs and Rees Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (2005) 4th edition at paras 2.02 to 2.07 & 2.105: (i) The fundamental rule was that if a case fell within the Brussels Regulation, the Regulation alone allocated jurisdiction over the defendant; (ii) There were three overriding principles of interpretation: (i) the wording of the regulation should so far as possible be given a meaning which was common and uniform across the various member states; (ii) provisions which allowed a defendant to be sued against his will in a member state other than his domicile were to be construed narrowly; (iii) the risk of inconsistent decisions should be kept tJurisdiction and Judgments (2005) 4th edition at paras 2.02 to 2.07 & 2.105: (i) The fundamental rule was that if a case fell within the Brussels Regulation, the Regulation alone allocated jurisdiction over the defendant; (ii) There were three overriding principles of interpretation: (i) the wording of the regulation should so far as possible be given a meaning which was common and uniform across the various member states; (ii) provisions which allowed a defendant to be sued against his will in a member state other than his domicile were to be construed narrowly; (iii) the risk of inconsistent decisions should be kept tjurisdiction over the defendant; (ii) There were three overriding principles of interpretation: (i) the wording of the regulation should so far as possible be given a meaning which was common and uniform across the various member states; (ii) provisions which allowed a defendant to be sued against his will in a member state other than his domicile were to be construed narrowly; (iii) the risk of inconsistent decisions should be kept to a minimum.

Scalia held that the Compact gave New Jersey exclusive jurisdiction over improvements beginning in its territory, noting that Delaware could effectively deny New Jersey of any authority by voting to block the permit.

Given that the provinces and territories have jurisdiction over non-medical sales, non-medical sales licenses are contemplated by the Federal Government only in the event that a given province or territory fails to have a retail system in place by July, Given that the provinces and territories have jurisdiction over non-medical sales, non-medical sales licenses are contemplated by the Federal Government only in the event that a given province or territory fails to have a retail system in place by July, given province or territory fails to have a retail system in place by July, 2018.

And there are serious questions about unauthorized practice when non-lawyers in effect give legal advice via software, or lawyers advise people over the Internet concerning jurisdictions in which they are not admitted to practice.

While neither of the parties in these proceedings are originally from the UK, Ms Jackson, an American, and Mr Al Mana, who is Qatari, were both residing in their luxurious matrimonial home in London during their marriage, giving the English courts jurisdiction over the proceedings.

Although the FTC has jurisdiction over ads for most products and services, Congress has given other government agencies the authority to investigate advertising by airlines, banks, insurance companies, common carriers, and companies that sell securities and commodities.

A recent Ontario Superior Court case gives some interesting guidance on regulatory jurisdiction over Internet activities.

There is often a great deal of confusion with regard to which particular court has jurisdiction over a given dispute.

As for Nebraska's jurisdiction over God, Chambers notes that God clearly has sufficient contacts with the state given that the Almighty is everywhere.

He cited the 1894 decision and pointed out that only 2 members of the House of Lords approved of this in Duff (ibid), although the Court of AppeaI in Kahan (ibid) relied on three of the speeches in Duff and held that there was no submission to the jurisdiction of the court in the absence of an undertaking given to the court at the time when the other party asked the court to exercise jurisdiction over it.

Class action legislation does not give courts jurisdiction over cases that would otherwise be dealt with by tribunals or arbitrators, the Supreme Court held in Concordia v. Bisaillon.

While the subject of «conflict of laws» has caused generations of law students» eyes to glaze over, the practical applications of deciding what jurisdiction's law applies in a given situation can often make or break a case.

Represented leading public health group in legislation to give the FDA jurisdiction over tobacco products.

An objection to jurisdiction on the ground of exemption from the process of the court in which the suit is brought, or the manner in which a defendant is brought into it, is waived by appearance and pleading to issue, but when the objection goes to the power of the court over the parties or the subject matter, the defendant need not, for he can not, give the plaintiff a better writ.

Section 91 of the Canadian Constitution (the Constitution Act, 1867) gives the Parliament of Canada (i.e., the federal government) exclusive jurisdiction over «Indians and Lands reserved for the Indians».

She then went on to find that there was not statutory jurisdiction or legislation permitting the court to enable that transfer and that, «It may be open to the Supreme Court to assume jurisdiction over the matter, given that they have inherent jurisdiction and parens patriae jurisdiction, but that is a decision that must be made by the Supreme Court.»

And this will of course be a growing issue as CAT is given increased jurisdiction (over more and more types of condominium disputes) in the years ahead.

In a previous blog post, we sought to give our readers an overview of the relationship between provincial laws of general application and the federal jurisdiction over «Indians and lands reserved for Indians» set out in section 91 (24) of the Constitution Act, 1867.

Although the courts and legislatures have complicated the arbitration process by giving jurisdiction to arbitrators over almost every aspect of disputes in the workplace, they have also ensured that one process, for the most part, can address all aspects of a dispute.

The Appellant alleged several grounds of appeal, including that the judge erred in his analysis of the child's habitual residence, in concluding that the Respondent had not acquiesced in the child's relocation, in failing to respect an order of the Montana court that it had no jurisdiction over the child's custody, and in failing to give effect to Article 13 (b) of the Hague Convention, which allows a court to refuse to return a child where there is a grave risk that his or her return would expose the child to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place the child in an intolerable situation.

While emphasis was not given to the point, the Court elected to consider disqualification as a matter of its supervisory jurisdiction over the administration of justice rather than as a matter of fiduciary law.

While this is also generally true in Quebec, the impacts of the law of the land in Canada's only civil law jurisdiction are slightly greater given the Civil Code's precedence over certain contractually - negotiated terms.

Indeed, as we explain, the state courts also have the constitutional power and duty to afford such relief to federal prisoners, but Congress has the power to withdraw such cases from the state courts by giving the federal courts exclusive jurisdiction (even implicitly) over such claims.

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