Sentences with phrase «which narrowed the definition»

Silver's convictions were overturned last year based on a Supreme Court decision which narrowed the definition of an official act and how it can be used in a corruption trial.

The Skeloses» lawyers challenged the jury's findings following the McDonnell ruling, which narrowed the definition of official corruption.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday threw out the 2015 conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on honest services fraud because the charge to the jury did not comport with the Supreme Court's 2016 decision in the case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, which narrowed the definition of an «official act.»

I would classify the film's 1950s Americana style as an asset, distinguishing Lady from the talking animal cartoons that would follow and giving it some edge and distance from the opulent fantasies on which narrow definitions of «Disney animation» focus.

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CNBC has obtained a copy of the letter where Chilton outlined the basis of the proposed rule which «would provide clear guidelines for market participants and would appropriately narrow the definition of «hedging» to conduct that is truly economically appropriate to risk reduction.»

Companies might have their own definition of user information, which can differ from RDR's definition of user information and be narrower in scope.

Theologians influenced by positivism, whose adherents saw reality as strictly that which can be experienced through the senses and knowledge as that which can be obtained through a narrow definition of the scientific method, and linguistic analysis, which purported that the only proper function of philosophy is the study of the usage of words and sentences, also treated science and religion as separate realms, distinct «language games,» each with its own set of rules.

However, his number is still far too high for Open Doors, a leading advocate for the persecuted church, which uses a much narrower definition of martyr.

But Silver was saved by none other than the U.S. Supreme Court, which paved the way for the former Assembly Speaker's appeal with a 2016 ruling that narrowed the definition of what constituted official corruption.

Prosecutors in New York said they were hopeful that their evidence would stand up under the narrower definition of official action, which the Supreme Court defined as a decision or action on a «question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding or controversy» involving «a formal exercise of governmental power.»

In its ruling, the high court narrowed the definition of what constitutes an «official act» by a politician, making it more difficult for prosecutors to obtain convictions in cases in which it can not be made clear to jurors exactly what a politician did in return for money or services received from someone or an entity hoping to improperly influence government.

Silver's attorney, Steven Molo, relied on the McDonnell case — which drastically narrowed the definition of corruption — when arguments began before a three - judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Thursday, the New York Times reported.

The convictions of the governor and his wife were overturned by the high court, which significantly narrowed the definition of official acts of misconduct.

The bill, which passed unanimously in both chambers last June, would have narrowed the definition of a safety net to include: a public hospital, with the exception of SUNY; a federally designated critical access or sole community hospital; or a hospital that has at least 50 percent of its patients uninsured or on Medicaid, 40 percent of its inpatient population covered by Medicaid, not more than 25 percent of its discharges using commercial insurance, and at least 3 percent of its patients uninsured.

The legislation, which passed unanimously and now heads to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk, would narrow the definition of a safety - net hospital and instruct the state health commissioner to raise reimbursement rates for hospitals that meet the new criteria.

Dr. Walsh said people are often subjected to gender pressures and try to conform to a narrow definition of sexuality, which can cause men to exaggerate their sexual experiences and women to keep quiet about theirs.

The scales focus on language narrowed the definition of intelligence, which has been to some extent broadened in the most recent form, the SB5.

Writing in The Telegraph in November 2011, the Prime Minister, David Cameron, declared that the previous Labour government «set a narrow definition of coasting schools, which allowed many to slip through the net undetected», and that his government was «going to widen it so that more average schools are pressed to do better».

Cash provides no return — This appears to be a rather narrow view, because a reasonable definition of cash can equate to a 1 to 2 % return (without inflation adjustment), which is not too different than the current expected return on intermediate term bonds (as of November 2017).

Even so, according to this definition, which is at once narrow - minded and overbroad, they're all the same type of game.

Mosaka took issue with the predominance of works on the show which «adhere [d] to a narrow definition of male identity».

They further note the EnerGuide R - 2000 standard — which forms the basis for both the training of Built Green builders and the bar above which Built Green platinum homes must rise — was drafted 30 years ago by the federal government, and represents a narrow and outdated definition of green building.

This case demonstrate that investigative detention is, by definition, narrow in purpose, and can not be used to justify the collection of unrelated evidence to which the police would not normally be entitled.

Several of these commenters agreed that the Common Rule's definition should be adopted in the final rule, but argued that the proposed definition of «generalizable knowledge» within the definition of «research,» which limited generalizable knowledge to knowledge that is «related to health,» was too narrow.

As it stands, disabled adult children of unmarried parents are not entitled to child support in Ontario and Alberta unless they are enrolled in full - time education, since common - law partners fall under provincial legislation which includes a narrow definition of who qualifies as a child for the purposes of support, says Silbert, principal of Sharon B. Silbert Professional Corporation.