Quash Sentence Examples

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  • They moved to quash the indictment on which he was brought to trial.

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  • You take the part of a mercenary pilot hired to quash a robotic rebellion on a lunar mining colony.

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  • If the parties to the suit are dissatisfied with the judgment, they may appeal to a priest who stands higher in public estimation, or one of the parties may induce a higher authority by bribery to quash the judgment of the first.

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  • A motion to quash a subpoena shall be filed in the appropriate United States district court or State court.

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  • The United Nations began last year to try to quash Iraq 's surcharges by imposing a system of retroactive pricing on Iraqi oil.

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  • And he went some way to quash the speculation that he is enjoying the top job too much to want to leave it behind.

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  • As for the dynastic opposition, it was reduced to a rump of 66 members, a result so unsatisfactory from the point of view of the monarchy that the government offered to quash certain Conservative returns in order to provide it with more seats.

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