Example sentences of "to a abuse [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | MERE delay which gives rise to prejudice and unfairness may by itself amount to an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 2 | The Divisional Court held that the delay in investigating and bringing proceedings against police officers involved in incidents arising out of an industrial dispute at Wapping in East London , amounted to an abuse of the process of the courts and the prosecutions were stopped . |
| 3 | There was no warrant for not following the ample precedent for the proposition that mere delay which gave rise to prejudice and unfairness could by itself amount to an abuse of the process . |
| 4 | All the relevant facts were before the two magistrates who were weighing them up to decide whether it was more likely than not that there was prejudice and unfairness that led to an abuse of the process . |
| 5 | Judge Owen stayed the proceedings last November , ruling the trial should not go ahead because delays in bringing it to court amounted to an abuse of the court process . |
| 6 | In another case the court upheld an elector 's right to see council documents ( a statutory right without qualification , as here ) unless his request ‘ was so oppressive as to amount to an abuse of the right ’ . |
| 7 | It is submitted on behalf of the Attorney-General that there was no delay , either in the investigation of the complaint against the respondent or in the bringing of proceedings against him which could properly be said to amount to an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 8 | It is only if the prosecution amounts to an abuse of the process of the court and is oppressive and vexatious that the judge has the power to intervene . |
| 9 | The defendant applied to the trial judge for a stay on the grounds that the actions of the police amounted to an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 10 | ‘ We see no warrant for not following ample precedent , now well set , for the proposition that mere delay which gives rise to prejudice and unfairness may by itself amount to an abuse of the process . |
| 11 | It will be seen that whereas in Reg. v. Derby Crown Court , Ex parte Brooks , 80 Cr.App.R. 164 it was stated that any delay must be unjustifiable before relief by way of stay will be granted in Reg. v. Bow Street Stipendiary Magistrate , Ex parte Director of Public Prosecutons , 91 Cr.App.R. 283 , mere delay giving rise to prejudice and unfairness , it is said , may by itself amount to an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 12 | This country has a long tradition of accepting genuine political refugees , but there is no doubt that the fact that three quarters of all applications are made by people who have been living in this country for weeks , months and , in some cases , years , is tantamount to an abuse of the system . |