Example sentences of "can not be guilty of " 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 | ‘ Where the owner , of his own free will , parts not only with the possession but also with the property in the goods taken , the person taking the goods can not be guilty of larceny , however fraudulent were the means by which the delivery of the goods was procured . |
| 6 | Hale justified the marital rape exemption in the following terms : ‘ The husband can not be guilty of rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife , for by their mutual matrimonial consent and contract the wife has given up herself in this kind unto her husband , which she can not retract . ’ |
| 7 | The subjectivists have always insisted that a man who believes that a woman is consenting can not be guilty of rape . |
| 8 | Lord Denning stated : A very young child can not be guilty of contributory negligence . |