What's the difference between cassation and quash?

Cassation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of annulling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I’m optimistic because the reasons listed by the cassation court strongly criticised the sentence,” his father Hazem told the Guardian.
  • (2) Tuesday’s ruling by the court of cassation means Morsi is no longer under threat of execution, although he is serving three long jail sentences.
  • (3) The validity of his oral advice was defined by the Cour de Cassation.
  • (4) Cassation court judge Taha Qassim also ruled on Sunday that a new trial be held for the officer, Yassin Hatem Salaheddin, who was convicted and sentenced last June for premeditated manslaughter.
  • (5) Gabry said that the initial trial also failed to investigate claims that the defendants had produced testimony under duress, and as a result “the court of cassation is unable to show how right or wrong the verdict is”.
  • (6) The initial trial failed to provide conclusive evidence that the defendants had helped the banned Muslim Brotherhood or promoted the group in the media, wrote Judge Anwar Gabry, the deputy head of the court of cassation, Egypt’s highest court of appeal.
  • (7) That ruling was later overturned on appeal by Egypt’s court of cassation, the final stage of criminal appeals, which said the initial proceedings were marred by violations of the defendants’ rights.
  • (8) An appeal by the public prosecution led to Thursday’s final retrial by the court of cassation.
  • (9) The author briefly reviews the present trends in jurisprudence concerning the professional liability of the physician in penal and civil law and, in the light of the much discussed decree issued by the Court of Cassation (Court of Appeal) (Decree No.
  • (10) The court had been instructed by the judges in the cassation court to consider the evidence as a whole, rather than in the "fragmented" way the Perugia appeals court had done.
  • (11) Tuesday's legal decision came a few days after France's highest court, the cour de cassation, upheld the firing of a female creche worker for "serious misconduct" after she arrived for work wearing a veil.
  • (12) To cut a long story short, Sarkozy is alleged to have built a network of informants within the judiciary and the court of cassation who kept him and his lawyers informed of the progress of the Bettencourt investigations and every other sensitive dossier he might be linked to.
  • (13) "We are aware that the defendants can now appeal to the cassation court.
  • (14) He is obviously going to say to me, ‘Well we have got to see where this appeal goes before I can get involved’.” Al-Jazeera said the case would be heard before the court of cassation “which will examine the grounds for hearing a full appeal”, but that the date had not yet been set.
  • (15) The Florence verdict is the latest development in more than six years of legal battles which have seen the former lovers convicted in 2009, then acquitted on appeal in 2011 and then, last year, refused a definitive acquittal by the court of cassation, which ordered a second appeal, accusing the Perugia appeals court which had annulled the convictions of "numerous deficiencies, contradictions and manifest lack of logic".
  • (16) But Italy's top appeal court, the court of cassation, quashed that ruling last year.
  • (17) Convicted in 2009 and acquitted on appeal in 2011, Knox and Sollecito – who deny any involvement in the killing – must now hope the court of cassation will void Thursday's verdict and order a fresh appeal.
  • (18) Tuesday's legal decision came a few days after France's highest court, the cour de cassation, upheld the firing of a creche worker for "serious misconduct" after she arrived for work wearing a veil.
  • (19) The Court of Cassation was careful to specify that the surgeon had an obligation to use appropriate techniques according to state of the art procedures to obtain sterilization.
  • (20) Legal observers say Italy is unlikely to request Knox's extradition from the US until and unless the convictions are made final by the court of cassation, a process that could take more than a year.

Quash


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Squash.
  • (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment.
  • (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
  • (v. t.) To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.
  • (v. i.) To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Even before the political leaders arrived at the presidential palace, the prospect of the discussions producing a successful outcome had been quashed by the small Democratic Left party.
  • (2) The Court of Appeal quashed the convictions in October 1989.
  • (3) People don’t speak out and if they do they get quashed.
  • (4) With the Swedish courts last month rejecting an attempt by Assange's lawyers to quash the warrant for his arrest, Britain continuing to insist he will be arrested the instant he steps foot outside the building and the Australian refusing to budge, the situation has now reached political and legal deadlock.
  • (5) In one undisclosed court document in Kenya, seen by the Guardian, BAT’s lawyers demand the country’s high court “quash in its entirety” a package of anti-smoking regulations and rails against what it calls a “capricious” tax plan.
  • (6) Nightingale admitted the offences last year and was detained for 18 months, but following a well-organised campaign spearheaded by his wife the sentence was reduced and the conviction quashed because of the way the case had been handled by the court.
  • (7) The possibility of a third bailout has still not been entirely quashed.
  • (8) The CCRC said it made the referral after new information – not raised at trial – was received, which raises the possibility of the court of appeal quashing the conviction.
  • (9) The first position from the US about tobacco was advocacy of a carve-out that would quash legal challenges against tough tobacco laws, meaning there could be no trade dispute based on the adoption of domestic laws that hit tobacco products as long as those laws did not discriminate on the basis of the country of origin of the tobacco, and that the approach was scientifically based.
  • (10) Stock markets roared ahead and sterling tumbled after the Bank of England and European Central Bank took unprecedented steps to quash investor fears that they were preparing to reduce monetary stimulus.
  • (11) Miliband's office moved quickly to quash that argument.
  • (12) "[In the] last farm bill debate in 2008, Rep Earl Blumenauer heroically tried to force a vote on food aid reform, but was quashed by an overbearing rules committee, which wouldn't permit him to offer the amendment.
  • (13) Neymar almost quashed the host’s rally when he drew an excellent save from Asenjo in the 60th minute but Villarreal quickly levelled the score when a corner kick hit Mathieu and fell into the net.
  • (14) For sympathisers, who may or may not share his ideological beliefs, the hunger striker is the embodiment of injustice – a young man no longer seen as a convicted felon, but a victim wronged by authorities determined to quash dissent.
  • (15) Amid growing calls from News Corp shareholders for James Murdoch to step down as the chairman of BSkyB, his father also attempted to quash speculation that the scandal had dashed the chances of his younger taking over his media empire.
  • (16) China has become increasingly diligent about quashing critical voices, apparently fearful that they could spark protests like those that unseated autocrats in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya last year.
  • (17) Mubarak's wife, Suzanne, and her two daughters-in-law were granted special permission to visit him early on Sunday to quash rumours of his death, the official said at Cairo's Torah prison.
  • (18) The decision quashed a key plank of UK asylum policy.
  • (19) Victoria to quash gay sex convictions Read more “The legislation will ensure that any individual prosecuted under these offences will no longer suffer distress or be disadvantaged by a criminal record in relation to travel, employment, and volunteering,” said a statement from Vanessa Goodwin, the Tasmanian attorney general.
  • (20) They add: “ It makes little sense to maintain an additional aircraft carrier without aircraft to fly off it and the necessary aircraft, surface ships and submarines to protect it.” David Cameron appeared at last year’s Nato summit to quash speculation about the Prince of Wales’s future by saying the navy would go ahead and commission it.

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