Sentences with phrase «particular state act»

Not exact matches

In 1914 Congress enacted the Clayton Act55 to strengthen the Sherman Act and included a provision to curb price discrimination and predatory pricing.56 The House Report stated that section 2 of the Clayton Act was expressly designed to prohibit large corporations from slashing prices below the cost of production «with the intent to destroy and make unprofitable the business of their competitors» and with the aim of «acquiring a monopoly in the particular locality or section in which the discriminating price is made.»

«The flood is described in natural terms as the effects of sins (of violence in particular) with no divine act of intervention; only with the subsiding of the waters is God's activity stated explicitly» (Fretheim, God and World, 80).

What is the particular relevance of Pope Benedict XVI's first «Apostolic exhortation», Sacramentum Caritatis --(issued on March 13 as the concluding act of the Synod of Bishops held in Rome in October of 2005)-- to the political career of Ruth Kelly, since May 2006 Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government?

For, he argued, «An Act of Congress which deprives a citizen of the United States of his liberty or property merely because he came himself or brought his property into a particular territory of the United States, and who had committed no offense against the laws, could hardly be dignified with the name of due process of law.»

No longer is it possible to state dogmatically that any particular act — masturbation, adultery, premarital sex, homosexuality, etc. — is automatically and intrinsically immoral.

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act partially preempts state liability laws by creating a uniform minimum liability protection for certain parties participating in particular activities related to food recovery and food distribution to the needy.

Information from NRS programmes that identifies particular people or their property is released only to government authorities (i.e. Australian, state or territory government authorities responsible for the monitoring or regulation of agricultural and veterinary chemical residues and contaminants), or to individuals approved by the department as being appropriate persons to be granted access to the information under paragraph 11 (2)(b) of the Admin Act.

Although the Act clearly states that the purpose of inviolability is not to benefit particular individuals, but rather to «ensure the efficient performance of the functions of diplomatic missions», it also states that any de-recognition of an embassy must be consistent with international law — in this case the 1961 Vienna Convention.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

But it seems a relatively cheap and sensible step toward restoring confidence that state government — the Legislature, in particular — acts in the public's interest.»

«For me, such a constitutional convention must approach its task with a particular state of mind about the need to enable both mutual flourishing and a capacity for the UK to think and act together as a Union, as a collectivity amongst all the devolution and decentralisation.»

The second is to the international community, and Britain in particular, that they can act indiscriminately in the sovereign territory of other states, while still being considered respectable enough to host major international sporting tournaments like the World Cup.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

A statement by Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 6 div, Col Aminu Iliyasu said, «In the early hours of Monday, 20th November, 2017, as part of the continued efforts to rid the Niger Delta of criminals and acts of criminality, troops of 6 Division Nigerian Army, based on a tip - off by some patriotic citizens, raided the camp and shrines of a notorious militant, cultist, kidnapper and ardent illegal oil bunkerer, Mr. Igwedibia Johnson, (aka «Don Waney»), who has been terrorising the peace - loving Omoku community in particular, as well as the entire people of Rivers and Bayelsa States.

However, the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, drew the attention of the court to Section 396, sub-section 4 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015, which states that «no party will be entitled to more than five adjournments in a particular criminal case.»

A group of government reform advocates and independent fiscal watchdogs including the CBC praised in particular the «database of deals» and the Public Integrity Act, calling on the state Assembly to approve them.

Some of the larger hospitals in New York state are worried about one aspect of the Affordable Care Act: academic medical centers are slated to lose millions of dollars in a particular kind of Medicaid payment over the next few years.

«If we are interested in the future of the forests of the United States, we must be interested in those who own the land and in particular this means family forest owners who own a plurality of this vital resource,» said Tony Ferguson, Acting Director of the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and the Forest Products Laboratory.

In particular, ESD can arise when two sources of environmental «noise» act to disrupt an entangled state.

In physics, shear stress is a stress state in which the shape of a material tends to change (usually by «sliding» forces — torque by transversely - acting forces) without particular volume change.

«It seems to me the authorities wouldn't have acted without some actionable intelligence,» said Michael Mann, a scientist at Pennsylvania State University who specializes in climate modelling and whose messages came in for particular scrutiny in 2009.

Her work in Hartley's films established the blonde, strong - jawed actress as a solid talent with a proclivity for deadpan humor, something she has also exhibited in a variety of film, television, and stage productions including Tom Noonan's What Happened Was..., a darkly humorous date movie that earned Sillas particular praise.A native of Brooklyn, where she was born June 5, 1965, Sillas studied at the acting conservatory at the State University of New York at Purchase.

In particular, states appear to have taken a wait - and - see attitude about changing their accountability systems or their requirements for teacher licensure to bring them into line with the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Young people in the United States today, she says, are suffering because of «school stress, the college admissions process, high - stakes testing, cutthroat competition, the emphasis on stardom rather than on enjoyment of activities, sleep deprivation, parental pressure, the push for perfectionism, the need for escapism, the Age of Comparison, [and] the loss of leisure and childhood...» Among her favorite culprits for this state of affairs are testing in general, the SAT in particular, the «Nation at Risk» report, and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which she believes turned elementary schools and junior high schools into testing factories.

UN Security Council will adopt Resolution 1566 in 2004 and gives a definition of terrorism as «criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population or compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act.»

In particular, with the recent expansion of Medicaid eligibility in roughly one - half of the states under the Affordable Care Act, LEAs and states may want to give fresh consideration to the possibility of using that measure of low income.

In particular, the Obama administration, through its Race to the Top competitive grants and its waivers of No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requirements, is putting pressure on states to incorporate student test scores as a significant component of any new teacher evaluation system.

The newly proposed draft regulations for the Every Student Success Act (ESSA), released by the U.S. Department of Education on May 26th, not only give clarity to states about how to interpret the law — they also provide a clearer picture of how the law will serve the needs of at - risk students, in particular students with foster care or juvenile justice experience.

In particular, part of his $ 4.1 trillion proposal is committed to Title I and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) grants — or special education funds — to states.

In particular, if a parent initiates a request for referral to special education, it must be acted on according to the state and federal special education due process rules, including the required evaluation timelines (U.S. Department of Education, 2011).

The webinar, hosted by EdSource and Partners for Each and Every Child, brought together education leaders in the state to discuss the implications of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in California, with particular attention to if and how ESSA aligns with policy efforts California is already pursuing.

Now, instead of just mandatory annual testing and punitive measures for struggling schools, cash - strapped states — who had little choice but to pursue the multi-billion-dollar grant money — were made to implement specific federally supported education reforms.19 In the end, despite the Obama administration's efforts to distance itself from NCLB, and the failure of NCLB's testing mandates (in particular the mandated but statistically impossible 100 percent proficiency rates), the act's design provided the policy blueprint that led to RTTT.

24 US states have proposed or passed legislation to block or limit particular genetically modified (GM) products and attach responsibility for GM drift to seed producers and defend a farmer's right to save seeds, but the US federal government has stepped in to circumvent these measures by passing the 2006 National Uniformity for Food Act that will eliminate more than 200 state - initiated food safety laws.

Under federal law, in particular the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, investment advisers are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or appropriate state authorities and are required to provide services to their customers under the fiduciary standard.

In adopting the Florida Endangered and Threatened Species Act, (ETSA) the Legislature declared that the «State of Florida harbors a wide diversity of fish and wildlife and it is the policy of this state to conserve and wisely manage these resources, with particular attention to those species defined by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the United States Department of Interior as being endangered or threatened.&rState of Florida harbors a wide diversity of fish and wildlife and it is the policy of this state to conserve and wisely manage these resources, with particular attention to those species defined by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the United States Department of Interior as being endangered or threatened.&rstate to conserve and wisely manage these resources, with particular attention to those species defined by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the United States Department of Interior as being endangered or threatened.»

DREAMERS (above), for instance, doubly evokes the Dream Act — legislation for immigrants who arrived in the United States as minors — and her particular brand of radical idealism.

That delicate balancing act comes to life with particular eloquence in the redesign of the State Floor's Old Family Dining Room, which, at Mrs. Obama's behest, was opened for public viewing in 2015 for the first time in White House history.

The artist states, «I find that, through the transformative act of painting, an image can be stilled and changed into something more archetypal: it ceases to be simply about the particular person or fleeting moment captured, and becomes instead something more public, permanent and aesthetically deliberate.»

The point about negative feedback also brings up another interesting issue: Negative feedbacks usually act to restore a system to a particular zero - level state.

In particular, the fact that the United States is taking meaningful action to reduce carbon emissions could act as a catalyst for other nations to do the same, potentially digging into that 8 - 13 gigaton gap between expected emissions and the UN's targets.

«It seems to me the authorities wouldn't have acted without some actionable intelligence,» said Michael Mann, a scientist at Pennsylvania State University who specializes in climate modelling and whose messages came in for particular scrutiny in 2009.

In particular, we investigate the hypothesis that the primary source of mesoscale eddies is baroclinic instability acting locally on the mean state.

With respect to the Crown, the Court stated that the function of the Crown is to be «assistant to the Court in the furtherance of justice, and not to act as counsel for any particular person or party»: Boucher v.

«Those particular transactions led to changes introduced with respect primarily to the Investment Canada Act, which really imposed limitations on the ability of state - owned enterprises to acquire specifically oilsands assets,» she says.

Officially titled An Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality and, in particular, to provide a framework for requests for accommodations on religious grounds in certain bodies, the bill «imposes a duty of religious neutrality, in particular on personnel members of public bodies in the exercise of the functions of office» and also recognizes «the importance of having one's face uncovered when public services are provided and received so as to ensure quality communication between persons and allow their identity to be verified, and for security purposes.»

It raises questions in particular with regard to the responsibility of third states for internationally wrongful acts and the standard of proof required to establish such responsibility.

According to the Court, the fact that Swedish legislation does not prevent this practice, results in an infringement of article 34 TFEU because this «failure by a Member State to adopt adequate measures to prevent barriers to the free movement of goods that have been created, in particular, through the actions of traders but made possible by specific legislation that that State has introduced, is just as likely to obstruct intra-Community trade as is a positive act» (para 74).

The document simply states that you are the legal executor for a particular estate and that you have the ability to act as such.

Where there is no Legal Profession Act in a particular OECS member state, or no mention of Contingency fees in the respective Legal Profession Acts, the OECS Code of Ethics Provision is adopted.

It has been held in this ruling of the Constitutional Court that the doubts concerning the compliance of the impugned legal act with the Constitution raised in the petitions the petitioners — a group of members of the Seimas and the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court — are related, inter alia, to the fact, how it is defined who are citizens of the Republic of Lithuania, what legislative possibilities for citizens of the Republic of Lithuania also to hold citizenship of another state there are, how the relations of loss of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania are regulated (in particular, upon acquisition of the citizenship of another state).