Sentences with phrase «willful refusal»

Regardless of the context of the first solicitation, Officer Jones» second solicitation was made in willful refusal to accept Betty's unambiguous «no» for an answer; this is sexually coercive behavior, specifically postrefusal sexual persistence.

The Fifth Amendment does not protect the recipient of such income from prosecution for willful refusal to make any return under the income tax law.

Note the approach of willful refusal to reason: the various appeals to not knowing.

Their behavior is often misinterpreted as an inability to speak at all, or as a willful refusal to speak.

This section is often used to suggest that textual problems could look cut and dried to you, but only because God made it look that way as punishment for your willful refusal to believe.

Not exact matches

«His (IGP)'s refusal to honour the invitation is a deliberate assault on Nigeria's democracy; it is a willful denigration of the National Assembly and a recourse to totalitarianism,» the party said in a statement signed by Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary.

Some see the refusal to participate in SBAC testing as an act of courage and conviction; they see it as willful push - back against flawed education reform policies that since the passage of NCLB have failed to improve education in America's public schools and yet continue to be promoted by special interests who seek to profit at student, parent, and taxpayer expense.

The Consulting Agreement with Northern Lights Compliance Services, LLC («NLCS») provides that the Registrant agree to indemnify and hold NLCS harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable counsel fees, payments, expenses and liability arising out of or attributable to the Trust's refusal or failure to comply with the terms of the Agreement, or which arise out of the Trust's lack of good faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Trust's performance under or in connection with the Agreement.

The fault grounds are: adultery, a prison sentence of three years or more, intolerable severity, willful desertion for at least seven years, incurable insanity, or the refusal to support the other spouse by a spouse who has the ability to provide support.

The injury occurred because of your willful failure or refusal to use a safety device or follow safety procedures;

Heffernan would have us believe willful blindness is endemic in all aspects of our lives — whether it's the refusal to believe our spouse is having an affair, or to see illegal misconduct in the workplace.

(2)(a) The parent's residential time with the child shall be limited if it is found that the parent has engaged in any of the following conduct: (i) Willful abandonment that continues for an extended period of time or substantial refusal to perform parenting functions; (ii) physical, sexual, or a pattern of emotional abuse of a child; (iii) a history of acts of domestic violence as defined in RCW 26.50.010 (1) or an assault or sexual assault which causes grievous bodily harm or the fear of such harm; or (iv) the parent has been convicted as an adult of a sex offense.