Sentences with phrase «of public duty»

Added to this is her formidable sense of public duty to serve.

We might add that we regard the completion of our mandate to be a matter of public duty.

It is an unlawful dereliction of public duty to deny a constituent like me the free right to an investigation that is warranted, based on a totally credible body of evidence that has cleared my name of wrongdoing.

NH It's the stern call of public duty.

Dallas personal injury and accident law defines a «tort» as an «unlawful violation of a private legal right other than a mere breach of contract, expressed or implied,» and maintains that «a tort may also be the violation of a public duty if, as a result of the violation, some special damages accrues to the individual.»

Tocqueville said religion is «the first political institution» of American democracy because it was through religion that Americans are schooled in morality, the rule of law, and the habits of public duty.

However, one can not base a republican case primarily on that - if the Royals do not agree and walk away - without positing a «false consciousness» argument (the oppressive sense of public duty perhaps).

The Junior Officers» Reading Club starts with Sandhurst and takes us through the boredom of public duties accelerating through Bosnia and Iraq to a high - octane tour in Helmand.

«Whenever I have had to make an important public policy decision, I have looked for guidance to Sir Thomas More, who observed almost five hundred years ago: «When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.»»

The grant, which is known as the public duty cost allowance, has been assigned to former premiers to help with the costs of their public duties.

Second, please consider it a small part of your public duty to show the world your normalcy.

The CBC headline said Justin Trudeau was «willing to take «some punches» for work - life balance,» while Maclean's talked to a professor of Asian studies who pointed out that the Japanese would likely frown at the idea of «putting someone's private life ahead of public duty.»

Whether (or not) the Law Society owes solicitors and members of the public a duty of care when they use the «Find a Solicitor» website database will be the subject of a public trial.

[108]... There is nothing inconsistent with a finding of a private law duty of care owed to individuals in a particular situation and the existence of the public duties owed by Health Canada under the legislation.

[95] In my view, a finding of proximity based entirely on a regulator's public acknowledgement of its public duties to those affected by its actions, coupled with reliance by those affected on the regulator's public statements, is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's rejection in Imperial Tobacco of the claim that Health Canada owed a private law duty of care to consumers of low - tar cigarettes because it had made public representations as to the relative safety of those cigarettes.

For example, making a «false document» with the intention that it will be used dishonestly to induce a a Commonwealth public official to accept it as genuine, thereby dishonestly obtaining a gain or influencing the exercise of a public duty or function, is an offence punishable by up to 10 years in prison: s 144.1 (1).

«And the manner in which he has acted over the last few days has demonstrated immense dignity, grace and a profound sense of his public duty.»

The Commission had indeed conceded in its decision that certain expenses covered by capital contribution — namely the expenses relating to security and police functions, to fire - protection measures and public security measures, to operating security measures, to the German meteorological service and to the air - traffic control service — fell within the performance of public duties and could not therefore be treated as State aid.

Likewise, Assemblymen Michael Miller and Michele Titus continue to mistreat me, their former and present constituent like raw sewage, and misbehaving on public payrolls with an arrogance, hostility and dereliction of public duty that is unwavering and unprecedented.

«Lawyers at that level of expertise and experience are usually very receptive to answering the call of public duty.

A freshman state lawmaker says there is growing support for a bill that would strip the pension benefits from any elected official in New York, or state employee, who is convicted of a felony that's a violation of their public duties.

It was a well - established principle of the law of confidentiality that where information of a personal or confidential nature was obtained or received in the exercise of a legal power or in furtherance of a public duty, the recipient would owe a duty to the person from whom the information was received or it relates (in this case, the taxpayer).

«The role of prosecutor excludes any notion of winning or losing; his function is matter of public duty than which in civil life there can be none charged with greater personal responsibility.»

Cranston delicately balances several scales, weighing Trumbo's self - importance against his sense of public duty, his passion for writing against his practical need for money, his selflessness against his vanity.

Kramer, previously TFA's president, portrays the leadership shift as little more than a change in business cards, formalizing Kopp's evolution out of TFA's day - to - day activities and reassigning some of her public duties to himself and Beard, who previously was chief operating officer.

In other words, the function of the Crown precludes the concepts of winning and losing — that function is one of public duty.

181, 210 S.E. 2d 363 Statements made in good faith pursuant to investigation by police or other officers authorized to investigate crime or criminal activity are made in the performance of a public duty and are privileged... If such were not the case these officers would find it virtually impossible to ferret out the facts and prosecute those who have violated the criminal laws».

The real risk - takers are the less - than - good - looking sots who try it with nothing in their arsenals but grit, determination, smarts and a sense of public duty (altruism); that's a lot of nothing to be proud of.