Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the court for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contraceptives can not be sold freely — Ireland 's Family Planning Association has just been fined in the courts for putting condoms on sale in a Dublin record store — and divorce is illegal . |
| 2 | That , thought Mr Holt , was that — but Mrs Holt had other ideas and some time later applied through the courts for alimony . |
| 3 | If the debtor resided in one district and carried on business in another , the petition must be presented in the latter ( r 6.9(3) ) and if he has carried on business in more than one district , the petition must be presented in the court for the district which was his principal place of business ( r 6.9(4) ) . |
| 4 | MSF would not agree to the sale , so P applied to the Court for an order that the house be sold . |
| 5 | Within a week she had applied to the court for a widow 's pension . |
| 6 | On 8 July her father , supported by her boyfriend , applied to the court for a declaration that it would not be unlawful for the hospital to administer a transfusion to her in the absence of her consent . |
| 7 | A registrar having made that order , and the administrators having refused to disclose that statement to the accountants , the accountants applied to the court for leave under rule 9.5 of the Rules of 1986 to inspect the statement of grounds and to set aside the registrar 's order . |
| 8 | Despite these last words the plaintiffs applied to the courts for an order declaring that the Commission had misconstrued the rules . |
| 9 | However , where a defendant does not reside or carry on business within the district of the court and he desires the action to be transferred to the court for the district in which he resides or carries on business , he may , after delivering a defence , counterclaim , or request for time for payment , apply ex parte in writing for an order to transfer the action to that court . |
| 10 | NOTICE To : Smith & Jones ( Contracts ) Limited , whose registered office is situate at Coldharbour Road , Thames Marshes , Essex WHEREAS ( 1 ) You are justly and truly indebted in the sum of £1250 to Robinson Bros Ltd trading as Go Fast Transport whose registered office is situate at Cornmarket Chambers Ipswich Suffolk more particularly in respect of transport costs for the quick delivery of fragile machine equipment and related warehousing costs ( 2 ) By Section 517 ( 1 ) ( f ) of the Companies Act 1985 it is provided that a company may be wound up by the court if the company is unable to pay its debts ( exceeding £750 ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to you pursuant to Section 518(1) ( a ) of the Companies Act 1985 that you are required to pay the said sum of £1250 to Go Fast Transport ( GFT ) not later than 3 weeks from tomorrow 's date AND that if you neglect to pay the said sum or to secure or compound for it to the reasonable satisfaction of GFT an application will be made to the court for your winding up by petition presented by GFT under the provisions of Section 519 of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 11 | The appointment letter should also state that ( i ) in the event of the time and place not being convenient , the debtor is to name some other time and place reasonably convenient for the purpose , ( ii ) ( statutory demands ) if the debtor fails to keep the appointment the creditor proposes to serve the debtor by advertisement or post or insertion through a letter box or as the case may be , and that , in the event of a bankruptcy petition being presented , the court will be asked to treat such service as service of the demand on the debtor , ( iii ) ( petitions ) if the debtor fails to keep the appointment , application will be made to the court for an order for substituted service either by advertisement or in such other manner as the court may think fit ; ( c ) in attending any appointment made by letter , inquiry should be made whether the debtor has received all letters left for him . |
| 12 | However , if an application is made to the court for an order requiring the trustee to summon a meeting to consider a resolution for his removal as trustee , the court may , if it thinks no sufficient cause has been shown for the application , dismiss it but not until after an ex parte hearing of the applicant ( r 6.132(2) ) . |
| 13 | Without that provision , either the appointing authority will have to be persuaded to act and the other party persuaded to drop its objections , or an application would have to be made to the court for a declaration as to whether the reference should proceed . |
| 14 | Unless any cash payment is passing which is required by the husband for the purchase of another property , a contract would appear to be unnecessary and is certainly not required if the transaction is to be carried out following a court order ( whether by consent or otherwise ) as application can always be made to the court for the terms of the order to be carried out ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 15 | This is the basis of section 3 of the Act which , of course , only applies after an order has been made by the court for the taking of evidence . |
| 16 | The right of an employee inventor to claim statutory compensation from his employer has recently been asserted before the courts for the first time in a series of three reported cases emanating from the Comptroller of Patents and the Patents Court . |
| 17 | Do you remind them of Angela Williams , the first person to be prosecuted for smoking on the tube or of Paul Deiring , the first person to be jailed for smoking on the tube ( he could n't pay his £25 fine ) or do you make like Eric Butler , the Bernard Goetz of the Victoria Line , who , in 1987 , mocked and taunted by drunken youths , retaliated with a sword-stick and was punished in the courts for his efforts . |
| 18 | ‘ Those extensive powers are conferred upon the court for the beneficial winding up of the company , for sometimes it happens that the liquidator is unable to obtain from unwilling persons the information which he requires . |
| 19 | ‘ Hooligans ’ and ‘ Hooliganism ’ were thrust into the headlines in the wake of a turbulent August Bank Holiday celebration in London which had resulted in unusually large numbers of people being brought before the courts for disorderly behaviour , drunkenness , assaults on police , street robberies and fighting . |
| 20 | The second issue relates to the mechanisms by which management conduct is brought before the courts for review . |
| 21 | Griffin O'Neal , 27 , was only saved from jail after 24-year-old Lynn Oddo , the woman he beat up , pleaded with the court for mercy . |
| 22 | Since the publishers of Radcliffe Hall 's The Well of Loneliness and Lawrence 's Lady Chatterley 's Lover were charged before the courts for contravening the laws of obscenity and both cases were lost by the Crown , any subject can be discussed in public . |
| 23 | ( 6 ) If no request is made pursuant to para 1 ( a ) above within 15 months of the day on which pleadings are deemed to be closed ( or within nine months after the expiry of any period fixed by the court for making such a request ) , the action shall be automatically struck out . |
| 24 | Barclays , a British bank , has fought in the courts for years to overturn California 's tax . |
| 25 | This has put off many potential investors fearful of being entangled in the courts for years . |
| 26 | An action against the Crown must be commenced in the court for the district in which the cause of action wholly or in part arose or , in the case of a default action , in any court . |
| 27 | If there is any reasonable doubt as to the court in which an action against the Crown should be brought , it may be commenced in the court for the district in which the plaintiff or one of the plaintiffs resides or carries on business ( Ord 42 , r 2 ) . |
| 28 | Proceedings for the dissolution or winding up of a partnership shall be commenced in the court for the district in which the partnership business was or is carried on ( Ord 4 , r 5 ) . |
| 29 | Proceedings begun by originating application or petition may be subject to specific enactments or rules , but otherwise they may be commenced in the court for the district in which the respondent or one of the respondents resides or carries on business or in which the subject matter of the application is situated , or if no respondent is named , in the court for the district in which the applicant or petitioner or one of them resides or carries on business ( Ord 4 , r 8 ) . |
| 30 | In the case of an originating application against the Crown , the proceedings must be commenced in the court for the district in which the subject matter of the application is situated ( Ord 42 , r 2(1) ) . |