furtherance

Example Sentences

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U.S. prosecutors argued that there are exceptions to the privilege, including when there is evidence that a client used the attorney’s legal services in furtherance of a crime.

From Washington Post

“Texas and Florida are places with politically ambitious governors who are hoping to use immigrants in the furtherance of their agendas,” said attorney Tanya Broder of the National Immigration Law Center, which promotes immigrant rights.

From Seattle Times

The events would seem to constitute a case of felony murder, i.e., a killing committed in the furtherance of another felony, even if unpremeditated, as long as the other felony was planned.

From Washington Times

All the prosecution needed to prove was an agreement, even an inferred one, to commit a target crime, and that “some party to the agreement committed an overt act in furtherance of the agreement.”

From New York Times

At some point after the paper’s submission with the “true” sequences, the argument went, the WIV halted its publication and altered the sequence information in furtherance of the cover-up.

From Scientific American