Sentences with phrase «penal statutes»

This is the way in which the rule of construction that states, «statutes, and particularly penal statutes, shall be strictly construed,» is justified.

Second, judges may apply tie breaking presumptions to resolve an ambiguity, I.e. that interpretations of penal statutes should be resolved in favour of the accused.

The bill also legally defines criminal street gangs for the first time in New York's penal statutes.

Born in Lambeth, [3] Lidington was educated at Merchant Taylors» Prep (formerly Northwood Prep School) then Haberdashers» Aske's Boys» School, Elstree, Hertfordshire, followed by Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, [4] where he took a degree in history and a PhD in 1988 entitled «The enforcement of the penal statutes at the court of the Exchequer c.1558 - c. 1576» [5] on Elizabethan history.

The bill would create a legal definition for criminal street gangs in the state's penal statutes, a step designed to give prosecutors more options when selecting charges and help law enforcement better track gangs.

Not exact matches

The measures include a new statute in the penal law that is based on the existing hate crime statute.

«I don't believe current penal law statutes really address forms of criminal behavior of this magnitude,» said New York State Senator and Brooklyn Borough President - elect Eric Adams.

The Privy Council in Edwards accepted the Lambe proposition as being generally valid, but added that the BNA Act should not be construed strictly, as penal or tax statutes are, and should instead be given a liberal interpretation since it was «passed to ensure the peace, order and good government of a British Colony.»

Unlike other areas of the law that find their rules in statutes (such as penal codes in criminal cases), the development of personal injury law has taken place mostly through court decisions, and in treatises written by legal scholars.

Unlike additional areas of law which find their rules in statutes (like penal codes within criminal cases), the creation of personal injury law has mostly taken place through decisions by the court, and in treatises created by legal scholars.

From looking at all of the statutes and penal codes there is nothing that specifically says that it is illegal to drive while barefoot in the state of California.

What makes the Wigglesworth case significant is that the Supreme Court of Canada did articulate the circumstances in which Charter rights would be applicable in a non-criminal context, namely if the non-criminal process of statute they were charged under imposed a «true penal consequence»:

Bowen dismissed one count accusing Oasis of usury under the penal code, agreeing with the defendants that it was a criminal statute and so there was no private right of action under the law.

Held The defendant's argument was correct and the statute should be construed on the basis of a natural and ordinary meaning of the words used, particularly given the fact that it was a penal provision.