Sentences with phrase «to hold up in court»

That approach won't hold up in a court of law either.

However, these contracts do not hold up in court if the property is damaged in any event, except for negligence.

I doubt that «afraid to live there» would hold up in court as a reason to break the lease unless the tenant could prove the unit is not secure.

Although it'd be hard to think this would actually hold up in court.

Several types of will exist, but only one really holds up in court if it's contested in any way.

Would a contract stating you have to believe in the tooth fairy hold up in court?

But a trademark will hold up in court only if the company has a history of producing a product.

Remember, whether or not you are guilty does not matter so much as whether the prosecution has enough evidence to make these tickets hold up in court.

Extended terms of a few years or more rarely hold up in court.

And the letter of instruction is not legally binding, so it may not hold up in court in the event of an estate dispute among heirs.

He saw first - hand the strengths and weaknesses of the contracts being used and how those contracts held up in court.

Additionally, your estate may get held up in court, leaving family members on the hook for paying the funeral home.

Only evidence that would hold up in a court of law, or in science will be considered.

But could this argument really hold up in court?

Over 90 % of the private student loan lawsuits being issued wouldn't hold up in court if the students only showed up to their court date.

It's true that a few people have said things along the lines of «That would never hold up in a court of law.»

The order bars travel to the United States for people from seven majority Muslim countries, although it's currently held up in court.

There are plenty of «cheap legal documents» available online but do - it - yourself lawyering won't always hold up in court — especially in places where egregious errors or omissions have been made.

But Time Warner may be back in play in a few months, if the Department of Justice's decision to block AT&T's $ 85 billion acquisition holds up in court.

If AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner holds up in court, Comcast could decide it has a chance to make a once - in - a-lifetime acquisition of a large production studio and influential international content assets, including a stake in the European satellite service Sky and the Indian cable network Star.

Because sometimes contracts won't hold up in court depending on the legality of the situation.

«In his prior political offices, Eliot Spitzer brought junk lawsuits which seldom held up in court against New York's leading industries for his own political gain, to the detriment of the citizens of New York; he misused the powers of his offices to «steamroll» legitimate political opposition, and acted with calculated hypocrisy, signing tougher penalties into law for the very crimes he was committing.

It's unclear that a presidential decision to halt cost - sharing payments would ultimately hold up in court, but it's also uncertain that payments would continue while the case is litigated.

Some of his efforts have been blocked by Congress or held up in court challenges.

So if all the facts hold up in court, it would appear Sallie Mae suckered some students into loans that were entirely risky and then went on to provide servicing that maximized collections and they had no duty to provide good advice to assist students find better repayment solutions and options.

There are few dogs who trail a scent better than the bloodhound; evidence found by bloodhounds has even held up in court [source: American Kennel Club].

So, no, while such embargoes wouldn't hold up in court most outlets would never break them anyway because it would be like shooting yourself in the foot.

Atari was banking on Klax to do well in the arcade while the Tengen version of Tetris was held up in the courts with Nintendo.

At least that what Nintendo believes, and that's held up in court before (not to mention, Sony destroyed BleemCast on similar grounds, only on a hardware side).

Y «gave» indepenent witness ter X being there... Isn't this the kind of evidence that would hold up in a court room trial?

You can get a «Legal DNA Paternity» test that will supposedly hold up in court, or you can go for the less expensive «Peace of Mind» home kit that is said to be the same test as the «legal» version but not usable in court.

Their case, seeking to challenge some of Canada's criminal laws related to the sex trade, had been held up in court since 2007 because the federal government argued that the applicants did not satisfy the test for «public interest standing.»

This excuse will never hold up in court because the judge will look at it in two ways:

This has been my suspicion the whole time that it is an easy $ job for attorneys, when in reality the LLC doesn't actually hold up in court as a protection entity.

Not that it matters, by definition forcing someone to sign something to have their property returned to them is coercion and would never hold up in a court of law.

When nobody can put anything on them beyond some vague guilt - by - association charge that could never hold up in a court of law, it then becomes obvious why this global warming crisis begins to look like it may fall apart.

It bars travel to the U.S. for people from seven majority Muslim countries, although it's currently held up in court.

Remember that the officer's decision to detain you will not always hold up in court.

My only addition is to get your lease written by an attorney, so you know it will hold up in court if need be.

Yeah, and saying that your plastic dashboard Jesus spoke to you probably won't hold up in court as an aliby (except perhaps for a trial of a priest in a Vatican court).

You make clear criteria that will hold up in court.

Net neutrality advocates argue that the proposal is too complicated to hold up in court and instead, they want the agency to challenge a 2002 decision that deregulated the Internet providers in the first place.

When used properly, click - through agreements are highly effective and will generally be held up in court, provided that the actual terms in the click - through agreement comport with applicable law.

When a visitor turns into a customer, as the business owner you should take all reasonable steps to make sure that the terms of the sale will hold up in court.

But when workers sue over labor issues — discrimination, for example, or wrongful termination — companies sometimes find that the contractor designation, which they thought would protect them from liability, doesn't hold up in court.