Sentences with phrase «own unlawful act»

The rich man was respected and admired, and it was only when he was definitely caught in an unlawful act that he was suspected.

So let me try and get this straight, if religious doctrine does not define some practice as against the law or evil but yet the laity performs these unlawful acts, it keeps the church free from culpability?

I think you're confuse about religions and the peoples who hijacked their religions to commit unlawful acts that are forbidden by their religious teachings.

a. using the Website to commit or encourage unlawful acts, including unlawful copying of copyright material;

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox wants the Manhattan DA to investigate the governor, saying testimony in the Percoco trial raises questions about whether he and / or other executive chamber employees «knowingly aided and abetted or acquiesced to such unlawful acts.»

The governor also expanded the executive order to give the attorney general prosecutorial power over «any and all unlawful acts or omissions or alleged unlawful acts or omissions by any law enforcement officer relating to the death of Delrawn Small.»

Last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order giving Schneiderman specific authority to probe «all unlawful acts or omissions or alleged unlawful acts or omissions by any law enforcement officer» in the shooting death of Thevenin.

The EFCC had charged the accused with conspiracy to directly take possession of N450m which they reasonably ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act.

The EFCC has now filed an amended 17 counts against Dudafa and seven others, including the four companies, wherein the suspects were accused of conspiring to conceal $ 15,591,700, which the EFCC claimed they ought to have known formed part of proceeds of an unlawful act.

It is simple an unlawful act by the disgruntled youths of the area, as both the Christian and Muslim gatherings in the area».

In one of the counts, the EFCC alleged that Fani - Kayode, who it listed as the second defendant in the charge sheet, and his co-defendants conspired among themselves to «indirectly retain the sum of N1, 500, 000,000, which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: stealing.»

They were alleged to have conspired to take possession of the sum of about N264 million which sum they reasonably ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act of gratification.

In count seven, Mr. Nwosu was alleged to have directly used N30 million which he ought to have known formed part of an unlawful act of gratification.

In one of the counts, the defendants were accused of conspiring among themselves to «indirectly retain the sum of N1, 500, 000,000.00 which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: stealing.»

In another count, the EFCC alleged that Fani - Kayode «directly retained the sum of N350m,» which the anti-graft agency claimed that he ought to have «reasonably known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: stealing.»

According to him, we see corruption as a normal act in the country so we give blind eyes to the unlawful act.

«That in depositing the funds into the account of the 1st respondent, the said domestic staff, in a bid to conceal their identity, deposited the funds, reasonably suspected to be proceeds of an unlawful act, into the 1st respondent's account, using fictitious names.

This, he said, will bring an end to the unlawful acts of the land guards, many of whom are believed to have been hired by the traditional rulers to intimidate...

In counts one to seven, they were alleged to have unlawfully retained over N3.8 billion which they reasonably ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act of stealing and corruption.

This is not true, as none of our troops was involved in any unlawful act of invading any community.

In counts eight to 14, the accused were alleged to have unlawfully used over N970 million which they reasonably ought to have known formed part of an unlawful act of corruption.

Might I perhaps suggest though that Mr Miliband delivers similar advice to all those in public life who are former News International journalists and who themselves have been involved in the commissioning of unlawful acts in pursuit of stories.

In February, Cuomo signed another order that gave the attorney general specific authority to probe Abelove and to pursue charges against any person for unlawful acts «in any way connected with the incident and its subsequent investigation, including its grand jury presentation.»

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the increasing cases of impunity and unlawful acts before and during elections.

The anti-graft agency claimed that they ought to have «reasonably known that the money formed part of proceeds of an unlawful act,» adding that they handled it without going through a financial institution in violation of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act.

While urging the presiding judge, Justice Muslim Hassan, to order the permanent forfeiture of the funds to the Federal Government, Oyedepo argued that the fact that Flat 7B, Osborne Towers was purchased in a criminal manner, made the N13bn recovered therein «extremely suspicious to be proceeds of unlawful acts.»

Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese authorities have shut down ~ 100 questionable dating sites or apps which had allegedly performed unlawful acts such as the sex trade, spreading pornography or using fake IDs.

To lay blame on anyone other than the individual who committed the act of inappropriate touching would create a terrible precident as to how we define an unlawful act.

Occasionally you'll run into mostly unpleasant characters who will try to encourage you to perform rather unpleasant and often unlawful acts, but otherwise you're free to explore the land and oceans in relative peace.

That Obama did a half $ billion knowingly unlawful act three days before leaving office is now part of his permanent legacy.

The third statute is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act («RICO»), 18 U.S.C. § § 1961 - 1968 (Counts 3 and 4), which provides private parties with a cause of action to recover treble damages due to injuries they received from a defendant's unlawful racketeering activity and the government with a cause of action to seek other equitable remedies to prevent future unlawful acts.

However an irrational and unlawful act committed arising out of lawful instructions, as by Mr Brown is likely to found liability.

If the defendant's unlawful act resulted in the foreseeable emergency braking by others, which caused the plaintiff to swerve out of control and crash, or the load to shift and spill, might such harms not be included within the scope of compensable negligence?

Clearly, when a sentence is one of imprisonment, the protection of society is accomplished in an absolute sense by preventing an offender from repeating his unlawful acts upon society during the term of his imprisonment.

It was an intervention in the ongoing proceedings in Reilly No. 1 which had the effect of determining the litigation in the government's favour by retrospectively validating its unlawful acts.

This will act as a justification to the crime allowing the previously unlawful act to become lawful in the particular circumstances.

Under this broad view, unlawful act includes any act prohibited by law or statute, as an act that one is not at liberty to commit.

The civil case alleged the Burnaby Mountain protesters committed numerous unlawful acts, and five individuals were named, Dutton being one of them.

Regardless of your immigration status, if you engage in certain unlawful acts you may find yourself facing a Notice to Appear from the Department of Homeland Security, and as a result potential deportation (now called «removal») from the United States.

If the statement of intention is not through the carrying out of an unlawful act, then it is not considered legally as a threat.

If it then causes damage and if the damage follows from the unlawful act (causal link), Ms Leth is entitled to damages.

when the lawyer believes on reasonable grounds that there is an imminent risk of... substantial financial injury to an individual caused by an unlawful act that is likely to be committed, and disclosure is necessary to prevent the injury.

If my client comes to me for advice, must I now, since I now «[believe] on reasonable grounds that there is an imminent risk of... substantial financial injury to an individual caused by an unlawful act that is likely to be committed,» disclose what my client is about to do?

However, whether they are purposefully carrying out unlawful acts or simply ignorant of Missouri's ever - changing laws, they must be held accountable for their damaging actions.

Retaliation is another unlawful act that an ethics investigation can uncover.

The issue of an unlawful act notice if the EHRC is satisfied that an unlawful act has been committed;

It has the power to take action in respect of «unlawful acts», which are defined as being contrary to the Equality Act 2010.

Initially accused of criminal negligence, the Crown also asked that the business owner stand trial for an accusation of unlawful act manslaughter.

In a decision issued in October 2016 (Fournier c. R), the Superior Court of Québec established that, in certain circumstances, an accusation of manslaughter by means of an unlawful act under s. 222 (5) a) of the Criminal Code can be based on a breach of provincial health and safety legislation.

Acts under «color of any law» include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the bounds or limits of their lawful authority, but also acts done without and beyond the bounds of their lawful authority; provided that, in order for unlawful acts of any official to be done under «color of any law,» the unlawful acts must be done while such official is purporting or pretending to act in the performance of his / her official duties.