statute

Example Sentences

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“We are not circumventing the statute,” Justice Department lawyer Henry Whitaker said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Under that statute, offering or giving a foreign public official an advantage in return for favorable treatment can trigger criminal charges, potentially carrying prison time or fines.

From Salon

They added the hospital must demonstrate there is no driving route that would make it ineligible based on driving distances included in the statute.

From Los Angeles Times

One problem is the statute of limitations – the deadline that prosecutors had to charge Comey for these specific allegations – which ended at the end of September.

From BBC

Any attempt to do so in Comey’s case could face complications, former prosecutors and other legal experts said, because the five-year statute of limitations has now passed on the statement to Congress at issue.

From The Wall Street Journal