Sentences with phrase «matter in the eyes of the law»

«And while appearances don't matter in the eyes of the law, they certainly do in politics and campaigns.

«While appearances don't matter in the eyes of the law, they certainly do in politics and campaigns,» she said.

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But $ 130,00, or whatever it is, was a rounding error in the 2016 campaign, so I kind of roll my eyes about it somehow mattering in any material way (other than enforcing the rule of law, as you mentioned).

It actually does matter... in the eyes of the law.

«Because everyone's eyes are on election matters right now, we wanted to take this moment to make very, very clear that New York City and all of us here are going to be very, very actively engaged in a campaign to change state law in the coming months to finally make this a state that's voter friendly, to finally make this a state where people can participate and not be disenfranchised.»

Back in 1985, the NY Post's Fred Dicker requested access to the Assembly Democrats» daily private confab, and lawmakers responded by rewriting the Open Meetings Law to provide explicit, blanket authority for legislators to conference outside the public eye «to discuss anything including a matter of public business, notwithstanding the member of staff or guests.»

The 2004 Act ended generations of inequality by giving same - sex couples not only the right to have their relationship recognised in the eyes of the law but also to equal rights with those of married couples regarding tax, property, death and other matters.

In addition, each month I'll be calling on a law firm leader to have their say on matters of the business of law in the Managing Partner Forum, so keep your eye out for the first one at the end of this montIn addition, each month I'll be calling on a law firm leader to have their say on matters of the business of law in the Managing Partner Forum, so keep your eye out for the first one at the end of this montin the Managing Partner Forum, so keep your eye out for the first one at the end of this month.

When the Quebec Civil Code came into force in 1994, replacing the Civil Code of Lower Canada, the Department of Justice began a process to review federal law with an eye to harmonizing it with the new code, essentially in areas where federal law deals with matters that in other respects fall within «property and civil rights within the province.»

The shared custody model for Texas child visitations is a big step towards treating both parties as equal in the eyes of the law, and not automatically favouring the mother in these matters as was typically the case in the past.

Having never been married in the eyes of the law, no matter how many decades living as spouses, gay and lesbian partners must invent their own forms of matrimony, and negotiate different kinds of separations than straight couples.