Sentences with phrase «too broad a definition»

Lawyer James Branden told the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that when Boyland was convicted in 2014 of overlapping schemes to take cash from undercover agents to help them with a carnival permit and a real estate project, the judge gave jurors too broad a definition of the type of promised acts that the Supreme Court says would be a crime.

Any occupation, or any gainful employment, is too broad a definition and requires that you not be able to work in any occupation in order to qualify for your disability income benefit.

Not exact matches

The gospel is more encompassing than just a personal salvation message (western Christianity often focuses too heavily on individualism) and this definition reminds me how broad the impact was of Christ's time on earth.

I agree that my definition of «myth» is open to misunderstanding, but at the same time I am convinced that it is more satisfactory than the alternative you suggest («By «mythological» we mean the presentation of unobservable realities in terms of observable phenomena») For one thing, «observable» may prove too narrow a term and «unobservable» too broad, since all spiritual attitudes are unobservable.

So I propose — arbitrarily again, if you please — to narrow our definition once more by saying that the word «divine,» as employed therein, shall mean for us not merely the primal and enveloping and real, for that meaning if taken without restriction might well prove too broad.

But in a broader definition of the word, yes he is following a religion too.

While the proposed changes address some of the ECJ concerns, critics have argued the proposed changes are not enough to comply with the Court's decision that the definition of «serious crimes» is too broad, and a robust system of independent oversight is still lacking.

On appeal, the Second Circuit found that the jury instructions were too broad, permitting the juries to convict the defendants of corruption charges on a theory that fell outside the definition of «official act,» which the Supreme Court had provided in McDonnell.

As always happens with catch - all definitions that are stretched too far, they are in danger of becoming too broad to convey much meaning at all.

Indeed, the court said the definition of «official act» that jurors received at the Silver trial was way too broad, since it encompassed «any action taken or to be taken under color of official authority.»

He says their definition of the term might be too broad and that they have lumped a lot of distinct behaviours together.

While this definition may have the disadvantage of being too broad, it does ensure that we explore all the possibilities offered by «world governance.»

Despite the publication's uncomfortably broad definition of reliability — it spans everything from «the engine fell out» to «the touchscreen display shows fingerprints too easily» — automakers still...

Despite the publication's uncomfortably broad definition of reliability — it spans everything from «the engine fell out» to «the touchscreen display shows fingerprints too easily» — automakers still clamor to get on the Consumer Reports recommended vehicle list.

Definition essay topic must not be too narrow or too broad.

I personally still think that the definition of value investing as buying things for less than they're worth is too broad, for it effectively makes almost every long - focused active investor a «value investor» by definition.

«This is a response by HUD to the concerns by lenders that the definition of a loan defect was too broad,» he said Tuesday.

The definition of a «pit bull type dog» was just too vague and broad.

In just the last few months, we have been witness to many signs of technological advancement in this field: Tesla declaring its ability to produce a fully autonomous vehicle by 2017; Uber utilizing a broad definition of Pittsburgh's existing regulatory framework and close cooperation with local authorities in order to turn the city into an experimental ground for autonomous taxis; Otto testing the operation of autonomous trucks, which have the potential to disrupt the entire commercial delivery industry; Google, Baidu, Volvo, and many others, already stepping in and working hard to establish themselves in the industry, too.

It also covers the criticism that the act has received from some quarters claiming that the definition of abuse is too broad and open to manipulation.

Commenters who argued that the definition was too broad recommended that certain activities should be explicitly excluded from the definition.

Comment: Several commenters stated that the list of activities within the definition of health care operations was too broad and should be narrowed.

We rejected the other arguments claiming that the definition of «research» was either too narrow or too broad.

The first was that the definition of «cyberbullying» was far, far too broad and would include anything that could hurt someone's feelings (including legitimate, political speech).