Sentences with phrase «use in court as»

Those rates would not be high enough to use in court as evidence against someone suspected of a crime.

«We believe that the use of a complainants» sexual history should never be used in our courts as evidence of consent.

The autopsies provide cause of death and, in rare cases, are used in court as evidence.

Scientists who felt fMRIs weren't ready to be used in court as lie detectors are relieved by the ruling which, while not binding on other jurisdictions, is likely to have an impact.

As Judge Posner wrote in an opinion this week, the word «choate» is a «barbarism» that, while «fairly well ensconced in the legal vocabulary,» shall not be used in his court as it is «not only a sign of ignorance but also a source of confusion.»

The black box data is now being used in our courts as evidence to help the court determine who is at fault in an accident.

If a letter is written without prejudice, the rule of thumb is that it is privileged and can not be used in Court as evidence.

It is used in court as evidence.

Is the video only to be used in court as evidence of a crime or civil liability, or can the video also be used in the disciplinary process?

No one disputes that it is unjust when PAS is used in court as a fraudulent act.

Not exact matches

Remember though, if you default on a secured loan then the assets or asset class you used as a security could be seized by the creditor in a Court procedure that could also put your company out of business, so there is some element of risk to consider with asset - based financing.

A lawyer representing Schrems, James Doherty, told the court that a referral to the European Court was «unnecessary or at least premature» as the Irish regulator had not fully investigated the complaint and had not used all tools in its power to restrict data flows where consumers» rights were threatcourt that a referral to the European Court was «unnecessary or at least premature» as the Irish regulator had not fully investigated the complaint and had not used all tools in its power to restrict data flows where consumers» rights were threatCourt was «unnecessary or at least premature» as the Irish regulator had not fully investigated the complaint and had not used all tools in its power to restrict data flows where consumers» rights were threatened.

In the court filing, Berns says it is as if the IRS learned of someone using Amazon to avoid taxes, and then demanded the company turn over all its customer accounts.

Mainland courts inclined to support Puerto Rico's sovereignty have precedents that can be used as a basis for rulings in favor of the defense.

The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Businesscourt, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General BusinessCourt, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

«This court should read Section 135 as enforcing a near - absolute civil ban on the use of names belonging to charitable organization or names that are confusingly similar,» Schiller writes in the brief supporting his state court petition.

Though the privacy settings on Facebook can hide posts, this doesn't mean they can't be used as evidence in court.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the use of race in college admissions is constitutional, so long as explicit «quotas» aren't used.

But WeChat users have been arrested over conversations they have had in the app, and chat transcripts have been used as evidence in court proceedings.

In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada had created a sophisticated legal test on workplace anti — discrimination claims, but, as the Court acknowledged in Tawney Meiorin's case, this test had proven to be complicated and challenging to usIn 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada had created a sophisticated legal test on workplace anti — discrimination claims, but, as the Court acknowledged in Tawney Meiorin's case, this test had proven to be complicated and challenging to usin Tawney Meiorin's case, this test had proven to be complicated and challenging to use.

But the decision could be used as a non-binding precedent in future cases, meaning judges in other courts could rely on it or ignore it when similar cases cross their desk.

Last month, it filed a complaint in Federal District Court in Manhattan, accusing him of using Retrophin as a personal piggy bank to pay back angry investors in his hedge fund.

In my view, it is an abuse of process, as that phrase is used in this setting, for Burnaby to be seeking here the relief it failed to obtain at the NEB and in the Federal Court of AppeaIn my view, it is an abuse of process, as that phrase is used in this setting, for Burnaby to be seeking here the relief it failed to obtain at the NEB and in the Federal Court of Appeain this setting, for Burnaby to be seeking here the relief it failed to obtain at the NEB and in the Federal Court of Appeain the Federal Court of Appeal.

«The IRS offers no explanation as to how the IRS can legitimately use most of these millions of records on hundreds of thousands of users; instead, it claims that as long as it has submitted a declaration from an IRS agent that the IRS «is conducting an investigation to determine the identity and correct federal income tax liabilities of United States persons who conducted transactions in a virtual currency during 2013 - 2015» the Court must find that the Summons does not involve an abuse of process.

The government accused the holders of using the provision as an excuse to pass losses caused by historically low electricity prices on to the taxpayer, and announced that it was seeking a court order to declare the «change in law» provision void.

For centuries, he argues, courts in the United Kingdom, United States, and elsewhere recognized that wealthy people could use third - party lawsuits as a weapon against those they disliked — and had rules in place to prevent this power from being abused.

While Reno may be correct that courts have struck down «the strict use of quotas in most cases,» they have largely ignored quotas when rebranded as equal opportunity, outreach, affirmative action, or targeted hiring.

My father was a lawyer and used his own life as an argument in court against his idea that it was utopian and that we couldn't build a compassionate world or business structure because he did it.

The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

Pretty strong language, but no stronger than the metaphor Daniel Mitchell of the Heritage Foundation used, in an op - ed article in The Washington Times, to «describe a bill designed to prevent corporations from rechartering abroad for tax purposes: Mitchell described this legislation as the «Dred Scott tax bill,» referring to the infamous 1857 Supreme Court ruling that required free states to return escaped slaves.

«As was the case throughout these past three years of court trial, and the earlier two years of investigation, we have placed our faith in God and trust that whatever the outcome, He will use it for our good (Romans 8:28),» Ho told CHC members last week [full statement below].

As was the case throughout these past three years of court trial, and the earlier two years of investigation, we have placed our faith in God and trust that whatever the outcome, He will use it for our good (Romans 8:28).

As with the poor of Israel, those who used the court of the bishop and attended his church also expected to call upon him, in time of need, for justice and protection,» Brown writes.

«[Wheaton College] has failed to show that delaying a judgment in its favor to the conclusion of proceedings in the district court would do the college any harm... The college has also failed to match the relief it seeks to the illegalities it alleges... the government isn't using the college's health plans, as we have explained at perhaps excessive length.»

It is «argue» — and these days when we use the word in the street it doesn't mean «present our case,» as when one argues a case before the Supreme Court; rather, it is synonymous with «fight.»

Such a right is - to use the words of the Court - neither «implicit in the concept of ordered liberty,» nor is it «a principle of justice so rooted in the traditions and conscience of our people as to be ranked fundamental.»

Over at No Left Turns, Peter Lawler reminds us that part of the problem with an unrestrained judicial activism is precisely its championing of the ever expanding rights of the Lockean individual — the essential premise of Texas v. Lawrence is that the word «liberty» as used in the Fourteenth Amendment is an indeterminate concept meant to be expanded indefinitely by the Supreme Court.

As Jason Langley, an attorney with Denver - based Kennedy Childs, argued in one of the briefs he filed for the defense, the court «should not overturn the long - standing rule in Colorado that the term «person,» as is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alivAs Jason Langley, an attorney with Denver - based Kennedy Childs, argued in one of the briefs he filed for the defense, the court «should not overturn the long - standing rule in Colorado that the term «person,» as is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alivas is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alive.

Later, rather as a relief from the heavy questions about Iran, inflation and the like, Moyers had asked the president whether or not he had in fact himself made decisions — as had been reported — about the use of the White House tennis courts.

He used it in the case of the California grape - pickers «boycott as a last resort, after every other approach, including recourse to the courts, had failed.

As Rubens's growing reputation brought him commissions from the courts of Spain, England and elsewhere, his distinguished demeanor enabled him to engage in diplomacy, often using painting assignments for royalty as a cover for conducting delicate negotiations between courtAs Rubens's growing reputation brought him commissions from the courts of Spain, England and elsewhere, his distinguished demeanor enabled him to engage in diplomacy, often using painting assignments for royalty as a cover for conducting delicate negotiations between courtas a cover for conducting delicate negotiations between courts.

They were used in court, as properly gathered information useful for legal decisions.

As for the conclusion of Aidan O'Neill QC, that schools will be within their statutory rights to dismiss staff who refuse to use stories or textbooks promoting same - sex marriage and that parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children will have no right to withdraw their children from lessons, does that sound at all unlikely, given the cases of the Strasbourg four, which were considered by the European Court of Justice in September?

A major part of the problem is that though Immanuel Kant wrote about dignity in the 18th century and the word was in use even earlier, strong efforts to elucidate and work with it have not been made (as have been made for, say, the notion of human rights, the subject of innumerable books, essays and court cases).

Eleven years later, with same - sex marriage now the law of the land thanks to the Supreme Court, transgender bathroom use mandatory in schools thanks to the Obama administration, and the drafting of women a serious (and Republican - supported) proposition for Congress, it's hard not to view Schlafly's anti-ERA victory as somewhat Pyrrhic.

On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

If you ever attempt (and a few have) to use any of the stories mention in the bible as a test of scientific theory and then use them in court for defense, by invoking the angel Satan made me do it, or God said so, then who are you to say «He's lying», in short mold the fantasy into your reality.

From the vestments (which are really nothing more than the Fourth Century CE court clothing of the Eastern Roman Empire), the canonized saints (which are essentially «Christian» demigods that replaced the pagan pantheon), the numerous feast days and holy days (which replaced pagan holidays), the statues and painted icons (which replaced pagan idols), and the episcopal structure (in which «third sons» of landed aristocrats who had no hope of inheriting their fathers» titles and lands could become «princes of the church» with as much worldly comfort as the «first sons» and almost as much wealth and power), the Anglican Church was practically indistinguishable from the Roman Church except that they used English in the Mass instead of Latin.

Mosques in China, as centers for spiritual inspiration and social activities, are used as a place of worship, prayer, and chanting — and also used as a meeting place, a school, a place to perform Islamic ceremonies, a funeral home, and a judicial court.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has issued an order putting on hold the certification of a ballot measure that forbids state courts from considering or using international laws, as well as Sharia, or Islamic law.