Example sentences of "[prep] respect of a charge [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor could it sue in respect of a charge of corruption , for a corporation can not be guilty of corruption , although the individuals composing it may . |
| 2 | The assertion by Pollock C.B. quoted above that a corporation could not sue for libel in respect of a charge of corruption , because a corporation can not be guilty of corruption , appears to have been the foundation for the decision by a Divisional Court in Manchester Corporation v. Williams [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 , but more fully reported in 63 L.T. 805 . |
| 3 | He too repeated the assertion that a corporation could not sue for libel in respect of a charge of corruption because it can not be guilty of corruption , but this assertion was unnecessary for his decision in the case and was obiter . |
| 4 | Nor could it sue in respect of a charge of corruption , for a corporation can not be guilty of corruption , although the individuals composing it may . |
| 5 | The Divisional Court in Manchester Corporation v. Williams [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 held , on a preliminary point , that Manchester Corporation could not sue for libel in respect of a charge of bribery and corruption since a corporation was unable to be guilty of corruption , following the dicta of Pollock C.B. in the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. case . |