The phrase
"to refer a question" means to pass along or direct a question to someone else, usually because the person being asked is not able to answer it.
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The court
referred the questions of whether the competitor used the trademark with the intent of passing off its services as those of the trademark owner to the trial court.
The lawyer will tell you not to talk about the case with others, and that you should
refer questions back to him or her.
I get a lot of calls from people on this subject, and I would like to
always refer their questions to their veterinarian, but conflicting information causes such confusion in people.
While federal references on the constitutionality of provincial legislation are uncommon, Québec itself has no compunctions about
referring questions regarding the constitutionality of federal policies to the courts.
A spokesman for Mark - Viverito
referred questions on the probe, which was first reported by Crain's Insider, to her campaign.
The Bloomfield Kennel is a leased space and not affiliated with The Simon Foundation; therefore please
refer questions concerning Bloomfield Animal Control Matters to the Bloomfield Animal Control Officer and not the Simon Foundation.
Andrew Stone, a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property Team of Clarke Willmott LLP said: «
By referring these questions to the CJEU the Court of Appeal is seeking clarity on the issues of jurisdiction especially concerning businesses which are not in the UK but could be said to be «targeting» customers in the UK through their websites.
Furthermore, as predicted in the previous post on revocation, at paragraph 36 the UK Supreme Court proceeds on the assumption of the irreversibility of notice under Article 50 TEU once it is given, and did
not refer the question to the Court of Justice through the preliminary reference procedure of Article 267 TFEU.
State
police referred questions about the incident involving El Marro to state prosecutors, who did not respond to requests for comment.
Nobody in the office wanted to comment,
instead referring questions to Middlesex County Democratic Chairman Kevin McCabe and a spokeswoman, Julie Roginsky.
Asked what policy the men influenced or helped shape,
Levitan referred questions back to City Hall, which did not immediately provide a statement.
Faso's office on
Monday referred questions about Rhodes» possible candidacy to the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Gallivan, who chairs the Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections committee and is vice chair of the Education Committee, at
first referred questions to Flanagan.
Reached for comment, a White House
spokesman referred questions to The Trump Organization, the real estate and hospitality company run by Trump's adult sons.
On the same day, it also ruled that the Dutch supreme court was not obliged to
refer a question when a lower court had already done so in X & Van Dijk (C - 72 / 14 and C - 197 / 14).
Bichotte's
campaign referred questions to her attorney, Aaron Maslow, who called the lawsuit frivolous because he says his client has lived in the district and in the state for more than five years.
While the
judge referred the question of damages to another hearing, he did grant Mars Canada $ 225,000 in legal costs for what he deemed the brazen breach of the earlier settlements and for Ebert's attempts to «avoid accountability» for the misconduct.
When contacted to confirm that Kulich had worked for him,
Shkreli referred all questions to his attorney, Benjamin Brafman, who, when reached, said he would not comment on anything related to Shkreli's case.)
The
SEC referred questions to the CFTC, where a spokesman said the commission stands by the report but declined to comment further.
Chasko referred questions about the north suburban mall to other company representatives, who declined to comment on the possibility of a coworking space coming to the mall.
City
Hall referred questions about the cost of the mayor's security detail to the NYPD, which said, «We do not discuss the specific security [arrangements] for dignitaries, including the mayor, the NYPD protects.»
Gillen referred questions about Corbett's role to her transition executive director Brian Muellers, who said in an email: «The bipartisan transition team consisted of over thirty volunteer members with diverse political, economic and community based expertise in the Town of Hempstead and was in no way involved in what has become just the latest, sad chapter in the Town of Oyster Bay.
Katz wouldn't comment when reached by CNN,
referring questions Nixon's publicist, who said a final decision has not been made.