Sentences with phrase «raised as a defense»

It simply means if the debt is past the SOL and you are sued, you could raise it as a defense that you should not be sued.

When fair use is raised as a defense, the burden is on the defendant to prove the elements of fair use.

A motorist might raise this as a defense and allege that the pedestrian was partially at fault for the accident.

It remains to be seen whether standing will be raised as a defense in any of the cases filed against Intel.

The questions Kaine raised as a defense lawyer were mostly related to process — from the time given for federal court review of cases and the rules that Virginia state courts had for review of capital cases to the quality of the lawyers provided to criminal defendants in those cases and the way those lawyers carried out that defense — but that process, as Kaine said at the time, is sometimes the difference between life and death.

If not, he can raise this as a defense.

Not exact matches

Defense ministers from NATO are under pressure to raise contributions to the security group as conflicts grow across the world.

«Republicans always wanted to raise spending on defense, Democrats wanted to raise spending on the rest of the discretionary budget across the board, and Republicans supported increased spending on a lot of those line items as well.»

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

My piece was not a «lament,» but essentially a defense of Pope Benedict (as was my brief follow - up here) against just the type of over-the-top criticisms cited elsewhere in Allen's article, even as I raised one respectful question about the pope's prudential decision not to meet with leading dissidents — a legitimate, good - faith debate among sincere Catholics.

«The International Association of Genocide Scholars, over 200 members of Congress, and over 70 human rights experts and organizations, spanning the nation's religious and political spectrum, have raised their voices that the treatment of these communities by ISIS meets even the strictest definition of genocide under international law, and must be treated as such,» said Kirsten Evans, executive director of In Defense of Christians (IDC).

As I mentioned in the last post, those of us raised in the conservative evangelical subculture during the apologetics movement of the 80s and 90s grew up with the charge to «always be ready to give an answer» in defense of the Christian faith.

This would remove concerns about the upkeep of an interstate highway system for trade and national defense, but may raise other concerns that may be difficult for such a society to address, such as further horizontal integration.

The mayor insinuated that he would have to raise the funds separately, such as through a legal defense fund.

In many countries here in Europe raising defense expenditure is one of the few things that governments would love to do, to make good friends with the USA as well as projecting a more powerful image, but they're really afraid of potential voters backlash.

While few argue with the mission of these police units, the way they go about their job is raising alarm, with some defense attorneys characterizing Strike Force and Housing Unit officers as «vigilantes» with -LSB-...]

This whole argument is particularly fascinating since Saujani, who has successfully put her experience raising cash for Democrats like Hillary Clinton to work on her own campaign, has a Wall Street background and was one of the few Democrats (along with Gov. David Paterson and former Democrat Mayor Bloomberg) to speak out in defense of the financial industry, highlighting its importance as the state's economic engine.

Without indicating what action he might take in the Ivy case, Soares insisted he was working to prevent a defense attorney from raising a potentially disastrous legal argument against any district attorney who might bring charges in a case that falls into what Soares characterized as the executive order's ample ambiguities.

While few argue with the mission of these police units, the way they go about their job is raising alarm, with some defense attorneys characterizing Strike Force and Housing Unit officers as «vigilantes» with a «cowboy mentality.»

Many universities have already started to use English as the teaching language for some of their courses in line with scientific and education needs, they noted, so «the voices that raise in the name of the defense of the French language thus seem to us totally out of touch with reality.»

After Bush administration officials raised concerns about the large number of soldiers returning from Iraq as upper - limb amputees, the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) shelled out $ 130 million to develop its Revolutionizing Prosthetics Program.

CLIFFORD BEAL, features editor at Jane's International Defense Review, recently raised issues about biological weapons and Iraq which bother me greatly as a friend of the Iraqi people («How to spot a killer cloud», 8 April).

But the spending blueprint, which would have to be approved by Congress, highlights the financial pressures that civilian research agencies will face as Trump and the Republican majority in both houses of Congress attempt to carry out campaign promises to raise defense spending while reining in the rest of federal spending.

Given its immense importance, it is crucial to have an adequate supply of glutathione, so as to support bodily defense systems against the accumulation of oxidative stress - one of the central factors in aging.1 While the benefits of glutathione are widely agreed upon, there is a great deal of debate as to the best means of raising glutathione levels.

In the Paper Mario series, Green Magikoopas use magic spells to aid their allies in battle, such as raising defense.

Borrower defense claims (also known as «defense to repayment» or «DTR») may be raised even if you are current on the loan and there are no collection actions.

Perkins loan borrowers can raise the failure to pay a refund as a defense to a collection action.

Other Foods I have tried and really like and use occasionally in rotation: Petcurean products - Go and Now products from Petcurean in Western Canada (Go Fit and Free Senior, Go Sensitivity and Shine Salmon or Duck formulas, Go Daily Defense Lamb or Chicken formulas) and any of the NOW products that have reasonable fat levels, always looking to keep the fat content reasonable for our minis.; various Fromm products, Nature's Variety Prairie: New Zealand Venison Meal & Millet Medley; various Wellness formulas (canned and dry); Merrick Senior Medley (dry) and various Merrick canned formulas; Innova: various formulas, I especially like Innova Adult Dry Large or Small Bites, Innova Senior Plus Dry, Innova Adult Dry Red Meat Large or Small Bites (have not tried puppy); California Natural products; Holistic Blend - Chicken and Lamb Formulas; Evo Weight management; Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul; and PC Nutrition First products, as well as their Nutrition First Small Breed puppy food which I have personally raised litters on, is first rate.

These are usually leveling them up to a certain number, but can also include raising their typical role - playing game stats such as Attack and Defense, as well as owning key items and completing certain missions to unlock special evolutions.

The Climate Science Defense Fund will play an active role in helping raise funds for their defense, serving as a resource in finding pro-bono representation, and providing support during difficult litigation proceDefense Fund will play an active role in helping raise funds for their defense, serving as a resource in finding pro-bono representation, and providing support during difficult litigation procedefense, serving as a resource in finding pro-bono representation, and providing support during difficult litigation proceedings.

Now the stakes are raised by this full - blown «The Rosenberg's are American Heros» defense as if we haven't seen this sort of thing a hundred times in the past fifty years or so.

In a world where Gleick is hailed by many as a hero for fraud and fabrication, where philosophers who specialize in ethics tell us in his defense that the end justifies the means, where climategate emails that illustrate corrupt practices and subversion are dismissed as normal and acceptable — to hear that Monckton had the integrity, courage, and dedication to say «you raised your hands in denial of the truth.

And instead of raising money by begging for donations, Steyn has written informative, annotated, and often funny books as a means of financing his defense and countersuit.

Henning anticipates that as an initial strategy, Bonds» lawyers will raise a «literal truth defense,» and argue that Bonds» responses to questions about steroid use were not lies, but were either literally truthful, or unintentionally misleading due to confusion about the particular question.

While the primary issue involved in Kahn is the court's ability to hold a spouse in contempt for failing to pay a monetary obligation, the ex-husband also raised wife's prior adultery as a defense to enforcement of the separation agreement.

Previously, defendants were allowed to raise the immigration statuses of plaintiffs as a defense to the determination of lost earnings.

This might depend upon the nature of the evidence at trial - if A did not raise the failure of the prosecution to provide corpus delecti (i.e. a dead body) or the misidentification of an alleged victim's body as a defense and instead, for example, argued an alibi defense (e.g. he was in jail at the time of the alleged shooting).

In a sane state, the charge would be murder, and the defence would be raised as self - defense, which would then be shown invalid due to the use of excessive force.

The issue that a knife is a hunting or fishing knife must be raised as an affirmative defense.

As your Skokie criminal defense attorney, it is our job to raise every realistic defense that may exist in your case.

The Federal Circuit squarely addressed the issue in its recent In re Micron Tech opinion, finding that TC Heartland qualifies as a change - of law and thus an alleged infringer's defense of improper venue has not been waived simply through the failure to raise the defense pre-TC Heartland.5 However, the Federal Circuit also warned that these same venue challenges are still vulnerable to rejection by other means.

Until I start seeing pervasive concerns raised by bonafide technologists at Google or Microsoft or even defense contractors on security breaches, I feel perfectly comfortable making my technology choices by educating myself through blogs and articles by folks such as yourself and my own experience using these technologies.

On appeal, the plaintiff raised the Holiday Rule as a defense.

The doctrine of avoidable consequences, sometimes referred to as the «duty to mitigate,» is an affirmative defense that can be raised by defendants in personal injury cases to argue the plaintiff was partially or fully responsible due to failure to exercise reasonable care to reduce the injury or damages suffered.

Preventive measures such as policy and training allow employers to raise an affirmative defense to claims of unlawful hostile work environment harassment.

Raised in Colombia, Marcela has experience representing a wide range of Latin American and other foreign clients in the United States as well as domestic clients in international transaction and litigation matters, including civil asset forfeiture defense, regulatory compliance and financial services.

While lawsuits may be filed after the statute of limitations has expired, the defendant may raise the expired statute of limitations as a defense and the court will dismiss the case without any financial relief for the plaintiff.

Although arbitration agreements are binding, it is possible for a defendant to waive their right to enforce the agreement if they fail to raise the defense soon enough in a state or federal court action brought by a plaintiff, as occurred in the Johnson case.

[Footnote 3/10] Some might view the result of the Ballard case as a manifestation of hostility — in that the conviction stood because the defense could not be raised.

If alimony was set through a separation agreement that allows for termination upon cohabitation, you may be able to stop paying and then raise cohabitation as a defense when your former spouse sues you for breach of the agreement.