Sentences with phrase «to disregard the law»

If he told them to have mercy on the woman and let her go, then they could accuse him of disregarding the Law of Moses and, thereby, make him an accomplice to her crime.

There will always be those motorists who disregard the law in terms of having insurance or can only afford liability insurance coverage that is inadequate in relation to the severity of the accident.

When asked about sellers who disregard the law, Tanya Espinosa, a USDA spokeswoman, says, «It is virtually impossible for us to monitor the Internet for breeders. . . .

«In the future, the Governor or the Senate, for tactical reasons, for strategic reasons, they might as well just disregard the law if it's going to give them some leverage.»

In the beginning, states regulated speed, but in response to the 1973 oil crisis, Congress hit the national brakes with a 55 - mile - per - hour speed limit — a flagrantly disregarded law if ever there was one.

«The defendant in this case brazenly stole from those closest to him, showing no remorse for his prior victims and completely disregarding the law,» said state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Although there are federal and state laws that are intended to make sure that this happens, sometimes an employer disregards laws pertaining to minimum wage, overtime, or rest breaks.

They haven't gotten that smart yet, but you can't just disregard their laws because they may not have enough brain cells to know what we already know.

The effects of a public sector in which organisations can disregard the law safe in the knowledge that the court process is too expensive or risky for most people to use will be huge.

An in - depth report by ProPublica's Marcelo Rochabrun and Cezary Podkul reveals that city and state regulators stood by as developer Two Trees Management disregarded laws requiring rent stabilization in exchange for the large property tax break it received.

Activists with CAPP say that all too often local police disregard the laws related to dog meat trade criminality.

But many truckers disregard these laws, which ultimately results in truck accidents taking place and innocent people losing their lives.

Fines are steep for disregarding the law, since speeding around a school is very dangerous behavior.

«Ignores» suggests that the court should willfully disregard the law rather than contend with it, a suggestion courts are unlikely to find palatable.

«Jury nullification is a curious paradox: it is the jury's prerogative to disregard the law without actually committing an unlawful offense in doing so; its exercise is literally illegitimate (contrary to law) but practically legitimate (allowed by law).

Some unscrupulous collection agencies disregard the law and threaten you, call in the middle of the night, and attempt to intimidate you into paying a bill you can not afford to pay.

It is a sad fact, though, that many simply disregard this law.

Disregarding laws such as driving without insurance can result in steep fines and penalties.

Mimi, it is not I, but the Apostle Paul who refers to the nature of sin that resides within us all as «carnal», you may see both Romans 7 and 8, perhaps you have another term for the desire within the nature of the flesh to disregard the law of God and commit sin.

While California has enacted some of the strongest employee protection laws in the country, some employers disregard these laws and violate the rights of their employees.

Registered motorists who disregard the law can be punished with license and registration suspensions and heavy fines, and even imprisonment, as early as the first offense.

In its 1906 ruling in the case of State v. Koch, our Montana State Supreme Court ruled that «the jury has power to disregard the law as declared and acquit the defendant, however convincing the evidence may be, and that the court or judge has no power to punish them for such conduct.»

Xavier has banded his mutants together to fight for good, while another powerful mutant, Magneto (Ian McKellen) disregards the law in order to battle against the hatred and fear of mankind.

At one time or another, it has faced many of the same accusations as Uber: that it harbors a harsh corporate culture; that it's an excessively sharp - elbowed competitor; that it disregards laws it doesn't care for.

Honestly, allowing religiously affiliated business to disregard laws they don't like is not only anti-capitalist (giving special benefits to businesses that happen to be religiously affiliated, thus making it harder for businesses that are not), but it arguably is a violation of the First Amendment's establishment clause.

«If the governor had put his ego aside, adhered to federal highway rules and found some way to compromise before he disregarded the law, we could have avoided this embarrassing debacle in the first place,» said Assemblyman Joseph Errigo, R - Livingston County.

«The defendant's motion relies on distortions and omissions, disregards the law and is a transparent attempt to distract this Court and the public from the serious charges brought against the defendant.

Members of the chamber had decried that while President Buhari had complied with the law by laying the 2018 Appropriation Bill along with the details of estimates before the lawmakers, agencies of the government had disregarded the law.

«It is unacceptable for a bus or trucking company, or any of its drivers, to disregard the law and put the safety of every traveler at risk.»

Some companies look for loopholes or disregard the law completely.

The justice system should not be permitted to disregard the laws that protect sexual assault complainants from unfair attacks on their credibility and unfounded assumptions that they gave consent.

But a dislike of Khadr and distaste for the settlement does not entitle critics to disregard the law or the facts.

It is the physical power to disregard the law that has been laid down to the jury by the court.

Where, for example, they lead the judge to disregard the law, or to treat the parties with contempt.

BG Group responded by saying the district and appellate courts assumed that the manifest disregard doctrine was a basis for vacating arbitration awards, but then held that the tribunal in this case did not manifestly disregard the law, rendering moot Argentina's bid for clarity on the issue.

At Breakstone, White & Gluck, our Boston car accident lawyers have seen far too many innocent people injured because of a reckless driver's decision to disregard the law and to put everyone around them at risk.

If a Class P1 licence is denied, he intends to disregard the law and continue to provide legal services when his help is required.

«Just because something's on the cutting edge doesn't mean you can disregard the law.»

The Supreme Court of Vermont reasoned that Century 21 failed to meet that burden, and ruled that an award could not be vacated on an issue of law unless it was demonstrated that the arbitrator manifestly disregarded the law.