Sentences with phrase «of older statutes»

One could think as well of the drafting of our older statutes — say the 19th century codifications of 18th or earlier century rules.

Not exact matches

He has never faced criminal charges, and the majority of the allegations against him stem from incidents that are decades old, well outside of the statute of limitations.

(I'm mentioning them here because, as older movies, they passed an acceptable statute of limitations some time ago.)

Freedom Fidelity's fee structure also violated a decades - old consumer protection statute in Washington state, where the company served hundreds of clients.

Old Navy placed flower installations on the female historical statutes — there are just five out of 150 in the city, in honor of International Women's Day.

One of our more benighted statutes, the century - old Jones Act, prohibits foreign - owned, foreign - staffed ships from carrying cargo between U.S. ports.

Students of the Federal Reserve read our nearly 100 - year - old enabling statute, the Federal Reserve Act, and can not find the words «financial stability» anywhere in the Act.

Statutes of limitations offer consumers with old debts some protection from debt collection agencies.

In Old Testament usage it means instruction in the ways of God and His demands upon men, whether given by means of positive precepts and statutes, or by other means.

God in His infinite wisdom knew that man would try to draw (remember those old calendars that had a «picture of Jesus» with long golden hair, blue eyes and a halo), make statutes, etc., of heavenly beings and things.

Such practices are as old as the nation and are regulated by innumerable statutes, but the Court suddenly elevated patronage to the level of a First Amendment violation.

A federal judge has decided not to toss out a lawsuit about the constitutionality of Iowa's 6 - year - old «agricultural production facility fraud» statute, meaning the issue will very likely go to trial next year.

Top Democrats in Albany still won't tell survivors where they can stand on the decade - old effort to reform the state's statute of limitations law on child sex abuse claims.

Given that a state statute like the one passed in Florida can overcome another state statute, and that no federal law in place currently prohibits the imposition of this age limit; the absence of a constitutional limitation preventing a twenty - one year old age limit to buy guns means that the law is constitutional and valid.

The statute of limitations had run out 19 years before that date, when he was 23 years old.

Control of the Senate, too, would ease the way for Democratic bills currently blocked by the GOP, including ones to increase firearm restrictions, allow early voting, authorize state financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children, and extend the statute of limitations on child molestation to allow victims to sue for decades - old abuse.

The civil statute of limitations for child sex abuse needs to be lifted for old and new crimes including a window of opportunity for past crimes.

Meanwhile, a measure that would extend the statute of limitations for child molestation — and allow victims to sue over decades - old abuse allegations — is supported by the Assembly and Cuomo, but has been held up in the Senate.

The Church supports extending the statute of limitations on criminal and civil sexual abuse cases going forward, but vehemently opposes a window to revive old cases.

It would also create a one - year window for victims to revive older cases that are barred under the current statute of limitations.

Several high - profile proposals appear to losing momentum, including Cuomo's call to allow advance voting and the Child Victims Act, a measure that would extend the statute of limitations on child molestation and allow victims to sue over decades - old abuse allegations.

During a visit to a Catholic high school near upstate Kingston on Monday, Dolan was greeted by about 10 protesters calling on him to back legislation — known as The Child Victims Act — that would remove the statute of limitations on cases of child sex abuse and allow a one - year look - back window for victims to revive old civil cases.

Meanwhile, Catholic bishops have spent on average $ 300,000 a year lobbying lawmakers in New York on a variety of topics, including against passage of the Child Victims Act, which would change the statute of limitations on civil and criminal cases of child sexual abuse and allow victims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegations.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Hartford on Aug. 22, argues that federal funding to Connecticut falls far short of what is needed to meet the law's testing and accountability requirements, a violation of the U.S. Constitution and provisions in the nearly 4 - year - old statute itself.

Although the 40 - year - old statute appears to have been the only one of its kind in the nation, officials from nonprofit institutions across the board, including boarding schools and private colleges, had expressed fears that if Maine's approach were upheld, more states might seek to provide greater tax benefits to institutions that mostly serve in - state residents.

One change to New Jersey's charter school law passed the legislature yesterday, while talk mounts that a broader rewrite of the state's 15 - year - old statute governing the semi-autonomous schools may be in the offing.

The resetting of the statute of limitations is another possible disadvantage of paying off old medical debt with a credit card.

If you open a new obligation in order to pay off an old one, you reset the statute of limitations.

Let's say you had a 5 - year old debt and the statute of limitations in your state is six years.

In other words, if a collector (or creditor) contacts you about paying a debt that is older than the statute of limitations, then you have an absolute defense and do not need to pay.

What about old or «statute - barred» debts You may have a defense against a debt if a long period of time has passed since you last made a payment or confirmed the debt no court action has been taken to recover the debt in the meantime.

But once you show that the debt is older than the statute of limitations, the case is dismissed.

Old debs that still appear on your credit report may already be past the statute of limitations time period.

Should this occur, the debtor must notify both the court and the creditor that the debt is older than the statute of limitations for his state and therefore not enforceable.

In some states making a payment on an old debt or even agreeing to a repayment plan can reset the clock on the statute of limitations, but it never gets reset on your credit file.

Let's say you are familiar with the debt but it is old and the statute of limitations has passed.

The statute of limitations only limits the creditors» ability to successfully sue to collect on an old debt.

Now, according to a December 31 Wall Street Journal article, always creative debt collectors are teaming with MasterCard on a credit card solicitation specifically designed to induce debtors to re-set to zero the statute of limitations clock on an old debt.

Some debt collectors have a way of resurrecting debt that is so old that is might actually be outside of the statutes of limitations for collection.

In addition to a civil penalty of $ 2.5 million, Asset Acceptance has agreed to inform consumers when their debts are too old to be legally enforceable and to let consumers know that a partial payment would essentially restart the statute of limitations on that account.

The credit statute of limitations is the maximum amount of time given to credit bureaus to old debt on your credit report.

If a creditor contacts you to collect an old debt, it's important to look through your contract and know which state's statute of limitations rules apply to the debt in question.

Just because you have an out - of - statute debt doesn't mean a debt collector won't try to collect your old debt.

Here's some good news for people with old, unpaid debt: your debt may have already expired under the statute of limitations!

Determining if your old debt is expired under the statute of limitations can be tricky for the following reasons:

After reviewing your contract and finding out which statute of limitations you agreed to, a quick search on the internet could help you figure out if your old debt has expired.

Dear Liz: I paid all of my old collection accounts except for two, which now are beyond the statute of limitations.

They trade like bonds, but by the old Maryland statute, they are not bonds — they don't fit any categories of permitted investments, and as such could only be held if we had sufficient surplus, which we did not, and probably most life insurers in Maryland did not.

Zombie debts are too old for creditors to sue you for or even contact you about because of the statute of limitations.

Either the company can not do anything for you and is lying to you about the results that they are providing so that they can take more of your money or your debts are more than seven years old, which would put them beyond the statute of limitations on debt collection.