Sentences with phrase «grants judicial power»

The former bestows federal legislative power exclusively to Congress, and the latter grants judicial power solely to the Supreme Court.

Congress conferred on the courts no power to review their determinations save only as it has granted judicial power «to grant writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of the restraint of liberty.»

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The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; — to Controversies between two or more States; — between a State and Citizens of another State; — between Citizens of different States; — between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

The legislation, which limits judicial discretion to grant extra credit for pre-sentence custody, restricts judges» power to address certain inequities in the administration of justice, such as -LSB-...]

A Singapore court that grants a judgment of divorce, judicial separation or nullity of marriage, has the power to order division between the parties of any matrimonial asset or the sale of any such asset and the division between the parties of the proceeds of the sale of any such asset «in such proportions as the court thinks just and equitable.»

It is true, that the courts of justice of the United States are vested, by express statute provision, with power to fine and imprison for contempts; but it does not follow, from this circumstance, that they would not have exercised that power without the aid of the statute, or not, in cases, if such should occur, to which such statute provision may not extend; on the contrary, it is a legislative assertion of this right, as incidental to a grant of judicial power, and can only be considered either as an instance of abundant caution, or a legislative declaration, that the power

The majority differs from the dissenting view principally on the basis of the weight attached to legislative intention; it is no accident, say Kay and Pitchford LJJ, that the grant of draconian powers deemed to be necessary to combat terrorism is couched in a procedure where judicial supervision is limited.

Judicial review is the mechanism by which Courts ensure that, in determining these rights, the government and its agencies act reasonably and fairly within the power granted to them.

UNISON applied for a judicial review of the Fees Order and argued that it was not a lawful exercise of the Lord Chancellor's statutory powers because the fees interfered unjustifiably with the right of access to justice under the common law and EU law, frustrated the operation of legislation granting employment rights, and discriminated unlawfully against women and other protected groups.

North Dakota HB 1073 (2013) Grants supreme court power to declare judicial emergencies.

The Constitution grants federal judicial power to all maritime law cases.

It is alleged by the defendant in error in this case that the plea to the jurisdiction was a sufficient plea; that it shows, on inspection of its allegations, confessed by the demurrer, that the plaintiff was not a citizen of the State of Missouri; that, upon this record, it must appear to this court that the case was not within the judicial power of the United States as defined and granted by the Constitution, because it was not a suit by a citizen of one State against a citizen of another State.

The judicial power shall extend to controversies between a State and citizens of another State, between citizens of different States, between citizens of the same State, claiming lands under grants of different States, and between States, or the citizens thereof, and foreign States, [p580] citizens, or subjects.

(The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more States; between a State and Citizens of another State; between Citizens of different States; between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.)

More specifically, they are seeking declarations that Québec could not, consistently with section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867, grant its provincial court exclusive jurisdiction to hear cases where the amount at issue is more than $ 10 000 or any powers of judicial review over provincial administrative tribunals, because these powers are reserved for federally - appointed judges.

The former would grant law enforcement agencies the power to compel tracking data from telecommunications companies upon judicial orders based on a standard lower than «reasonable and probably grounds»; the latter would require telecommunications companies to have equipment that would enable them to intercept customer communications.

Injunctions by W. Kent Power Insurance by Gideon Grant, Angus C. Heighington and W. Kent Power Interest by E.L. Weaver Interpleader by W. Kent Power Intoxicating Liquors by R.T. Ferguson Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common by Paul Home Judgements and Orders by Gerald Kelly Judicial Sales by Paul Home Justices and Magistrates by Paul Home Landlord and Tenant by W. Kent Power Liens by F.W. Kemp Limitation of Actions by Paul Home

The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority; — to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls; — to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; — to controversies to which the United States shall be a party; — to controversies between two or more states; — between a state and citizens of another state; — between citizens of different states; — between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or subjects.

The SCC's granting of leave in Bhasin signals the Court's eagerness to determine a longstanding legal debate about the judicial interpretation of contracts and the duty to exercise discretionary contractual powers in good faith.

The Administrative Court has granted an application for judicial review brought by Drax Power Ltd against the Department for Energy and Climate Change («DECC»).