verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a court quashes/overturns sth (= says that an earlier decision was wrong )
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A Brazilian court has quashed a 19-year jail sentence.
quash/overturn a conviction (= officially say that it was wrong )
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The Court of Appeal quashed their convictions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
appeal
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The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction, declaring that the subjective definition was necessary.
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The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction because the judge had directed the jury in Caldwell terms.
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The Court of Appeal quashed his conviction.
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But the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction and accepted that the woman probably faked her injuries and fabricated the allegations.
certiorari
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Whereas certiorari quashes past unlawful conduct, prohibition prevents future or continued unlawful conduct.
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In relation to such decisions, therefore, certiorari really does quash the decision and deprive it of legal effect.
conviction
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The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction , declaring that the subjective definition was necessary.
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The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction because the judge had directed the jury in Caldwell terms.
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Today at Aylesbury Crown Court they asked a judge to quash those convictions .
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The Court of Appeal quashed his conviction .
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But the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction and accepted that the woman probably faked her injuries and fabricated the allegations.
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When the defendant appealed, the Court of Appeal upheld that submission and quashed his convictions .
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But in July the Appeal Court quashed the conviction and ordered a second trial.
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The Court therefore excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police and went on to quash Samuel's conviction for armed robbery.
court
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The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction, declaring that the subjective definition was necessary.
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The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction because the judge had directed the jury in Caldwell terms.
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Fawehinmi's conviction on the contempt of court charge was quashed by the appeal court in July.
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The Court of Appeal quashed his conviction.
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But the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction and accepted that the woman probably faked her injuries and fabricated the allegations.
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The courts quashed the plans on the grounds that the progeny would be hybrids, with no rights under the law.
decision
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Simon Brown J. quashed those decisions .
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The jurisdiction to quash a decision only exists when there has in fact been an error of law.
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The tenant then applied to the Divisional Court by way of judicial review to quash the judge's decision .
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Mr. Page then applied by way of judicial review for an order quashing the visitor's decision .
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All four applications were heard by Simon Brown J. who quashed all four decisions .
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In relation to such decisions , therefore, certiorari really does quash the decision and deprive it of legal effect.
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Without specifically referring to the letter to Mr. Choudhury, he quashed both decisions by the appeal committee.
order
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The majority of the Court of Appeal held that it had jurisdiction to quash the judge's order .
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Nor does it follow that the proper course is to quash the order .
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The Council and the environmental health officer applied for judicial review seeking to quash the justices' order .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The company tried to quash the unwanted publicity.
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The court quashed the convictions after a nine-day hearing.
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The police were brought in to quash the strike.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he quashed rumours that the Red Fort had been quietly put up for sale due to his financial difficulties.
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Fawehinmi's conviction on the contempt of court charge was quashed by the appeal court in July.
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His first conviction was quashed on appeal, but he was eventually sentenced and spent a total of two years in jail.
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Mandamus sometimes issues in conjunction with certiorari to require a body whose decision has been quashed to go through the decision-making process again.
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Simon Brown J. quashed those decisions.
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The tenant then applied to the Divisional Court by way of judicial review to quash the judge's decision.
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Therefore on the facts of the case the indictment was bad and Widdowson's conviction had to be quashed.
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Today at Aylesbury Crown Court they asked a judge to quash those convictions.