Sentences with phrase «little legal standing»

The 1855 Prenup for Women's Rights In most mid-nineteenth-century American states, a married woman had little legal standing.

Despite the gulag - like conditions of some kennels, there is little legal standing for regulators.

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If that happened, pastors accused of harboring undocumented immigrants would have very little legal ground to stand on.

We talked about the show she put together last summer called «Cosmic Joke» at Safe Gallery, channeling Julian Schnabel, contexts for stand - up comedy, why legal weed is strangling Denver's artist community, balancing real life and studio residencies, early Saturday Night Live, why performance art could stand to be a little more entertaining, going off - script, quitting vices, and tons of other stuff.

The Daily Leader comes down on the side of the supporters, asking: «What can it hurt to have a more open selection process and a little sun shining on those who stand to gain from the legal activities?»

From the Latin, «to stand by things decided», the concept of a legal system in which lower courts are bound by the determination of higher courts concerning questions of law leaves little room for the lower courts of a single jurisdiction to influence appreciation of the law across the country.

For example, a landlord would have little legal ground to stand on if they had no lock on an exterior door, allowing entry to anybody who opened the door, or if they did not provide deadbolts for each tenant's main entry door — which should be able to prevent a majority of breaking and entering crimes.

Unsurprisingly, Simon Hughes» bold vision has done little to improve his standing among legal aid lawyers.

Faced with a legal profession unable or unwilling to provide affordable legal services to clients whom and in communities where they have little economic interest, do you suppose governments will stand idly by?