Sentences with phrase «same legal statute»

The same legal statute in the Washington Revised Code applies to both, and the same standards of asset division are followed.

Not exact matches

The suit, Weisberg said, would likely «target the same statutes as in California, with the same basic legal theory.»

One trick I often use is CanLII / IJCan, or even translated Supreme Court judgments on Lexum; I just do a word search in federal statutes or Quebec laws in CanLII (Because they are completely bi-lingual) and then click on the English version on the same statute or law, look for the same section or article and find the correct English version or French version of whatever legal term I am looking.

For example, I've seen several instances in which lawyers base legal arguments primarily on recent case law located from electronic databases or from judicial consideration of current statute only, without reference to earlier versions of the same provisions.

We agree with the Attorney General that the purpose of the Martin Act is not impaired by private common - law actions that have a legal basis independent of the statute because proceedings by the Attorney General and private actions further the same goal — combating fraud and deception in securities transactions.

While other lawyers suggested a statute would be required, Jenkins, who had been legal advisor to the Department of Culture Media and Sport in the 1990s when the Arts Council and Sports Council were set up by Royal Charter, suggested the same thing for press regulation.

Legal malpractice has the same three year statute of limitations.

Her judgement has the effect of rendering the term «employment» more or less meaningless while introducing a rule of statutory interpretation (that so - called «quasi-constitutional» statutes — I'm not sure how the BC human rights code is more of a «quasi-constitutional» document than the BC Dog Leash Act, both have the same legal status, but that's a separate issue — should be given interpretations which bear no ressemblance to what their text actually provides.

Even if this Court has erroneously assumed jurisdiction under a statute, it does not mean the Court can not decline jurisdiction in another set of proceedings between the same parties if there are several subsequent judgments of this Court and Division Bench of this Court clarifying the legal position in regard to the jurisdiction of Court under the statute.