The first he spoke of as a personal insult to himself, and the second as a direct violation of the principle of neutrality which foreigners should adopt between the two contending parties.
They were sometimes compelled to work as peons for a length of time; and they were flogged, starved, hunted with bloodhounds, and sold from one contractor to another in direct violation of law.
Upon this main subject of inquiry the whole committee, majority as well as minority, were of opinion that the bank had exceeded its legitimate authority, and had taken measures which were in direct violation of its charter.
A few weeks since he discharged two magistrates for putting iron collars on two women, in direct violation of the law, and then sending him false reports.
I find my preaching misrepresented, and that in direct violation of my own declaration in the present correspondence.
The 2d general particular is that of my preaching being misrepresented, and that indirect violation of my own declarations in the present correspondence.
Were not the Detroit, and several other forts within our territory, held ten or a dozen years by Great Britain, in direct violation of a treaty?
You prostrate, say the gentlemen, your national honor by negotiating, where there is a direct violation of a treaty!
Orders of Council of Great Britain and the Decrees of France, were, on the part of those nations, an assumption of power to give laws to this country, in direct violation of our neutral rights, and an encroachment on our sovereignty.
Was it not, he asked, infinitely absurd and a direct violation of the constitution, to apportion the representation before these numbers were known?
Indirect violation happens if a confessor so speaks or acts as to create a danger of direct violation (e.
Direct violation happens if a confessor declares, either to the penitent himself or to another, matter protected by the seal, and with such clearness that both the penitent and his sin can be recognized.
The king of Naples having assembled an army, joined count Gages, and published a manifesto in vindication of his conduct, which was a direct violation of the neutrality he had promised to observe.
They voted him guilty of a breach of trust, and a direct violation of the lottery act; and an address was presented to his majesty, desiring he might be prosecuted by the attorney-general for these offences.
Their counsel argued that a commitment by the king is invalid, as he must act by responsible officers; and that warrants in this general form were in direct violation of the "Petition of Right," so recently become law.
The Union Bank bonds were issued in direct violation of an express constitutional provision.
I paused a moment for it to cease and then said, 'a direct violation of the Constitution of the United States.
In doing this, we need to discriminate between what is in bad taste and evil in its tendencies, and what is in direct violation of a moral law.
It would be not only an insult to her but a direct violation of parliamentary usage.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "direct violation" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
