" Refusing to give a literal reading to the state-granted charter of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which specified that the company could " collect and receive such tariffs ... as it may prescribe, Hughes contended that this clause " necessarily implies that the charges shall be reasonable and does not detract from the power of the State ... to prescribe reasonable rates.

Refusing to give a bond for his good behaviour, he was sentenced to imprisonment during the king's pleasure, and was kept in confinement in various prisons for eleven years.

* Refusing connections from hosts that give an invalid HELO-for example, a HELO that is not an FQDN or is an IP address not surrounded by square brackets

* Refusing connections from hosts that give an obviously fraudulent HELO

Refusing to give up, Dragging Canoe led a band of the Overhill Cherokee out of the towns.

Refusing to give up and wanting to prove the stereotype wrong, she intentionally dyed her hair dark brown.

Refusing to give way, or to accept orders from Glencairn, Lorne now left him with his men, and for a while there was fear of an encounter, as a stream alone separated them.

Refusing to give any other answer to the court, he was committed to another court to suffer peine forte et dure.

Refusing to give up, the rebels marched to Kingston.

Refusing to give up, his health was eventually restored through an extended stay in the mountains.

Refusing to take up their place in the geographically spread Welsh Alliance, they chose to field one team in 1998-99, in the middle ( First ) division of the Wrexham Area League ( level 4 in the pyramid ), the place previously filled by their reserve side.

Refusing Joseph Piraino's offer to drive him, Yale dashed out to his brand new, coffee-colored Lincoln coupe and took off up New Utrecht Avenue.

Refusing any plea deal, after a mistrial and a reversal on appeal, O ' Hara was convicted of a felony in July 1999, sentenced to five years probation, an $ 20, 000 fine, and 1, 500 hours of community service picking up garbage.

Refusing to send men up above to lower the sails and masts because of previous experiences in which he did just that, and his men were hurled to their death, Captain Thompson forces them to sit out the storm completely unprepared, and the Jarvee suffers tremendous damage.

( i ) Refusing to dissolve the Dáil on the advice of a Taoiseach who has lost the confidence of the Dáil.

Refusing to return to Moron Mountain to endure humiliation from their former boss, the Nerdlucks decide to stay with the Looney Tunes who only agree to let them if they can prove to be " looney ".

Refusing, however, to heed the royal command, and supported by the communes of Languedoc, Gaston fought for about two years against John, duke of Berry, who had been chosen as his successor.

Refusing to confirm or deny, Loughnane accused “ this character ” of being “ insanely jealous of Clare ’ s success ” during his tenure, adding: “ I would regard ( him ) as the man, hurling-wise, who was the greatest failure ever in the history of Clare hurling .” Bohan was manager of the Clare team in the late 70s when it was widely perceived that that Clare team, which included Ger Loughnane, left at least one All-Ireland after them.

Refusing to hide their homosexuality, they were brutalised, rebellious tearaways who took drugs, fought, shoplifted and hustled older gay men in order to survive.

Refusing to " bite the cartridge " was a turn of phrase used by the British in India of Native Indian soldiers ( sepoys ) who had mutinied in 1857.

Refusing to stand on the sidelines while others died, she was killed leading an assault on the stronghold of Duke Walid, the Earth Emperor who was being controlled by the Psionic Brotherhood.

Refusing to let Earth be destroyed, Jado went to Earth to obtain the Mad Stone, taking over the body of, an old friend of Ryouko from her college who died on his way to Tokyo after returning from Africa.

Refusing to wear a blindfold, he was taken before a firing squad of Civil Guards and, as they fired, he cried ' Per Catalunya!

Refusing to admit his guilt, Peacham was tortured on the rack, but " before torture, between torture and after torture ; nothing could be drawn from him ".

Refusing to wear a blindfold, he was taken before a firing squad of Civil Guards and, as they fired, he cried ' Per Catalunya!

Refusing to pay the assessed fine, or to depart from the province, he was sent to Holland for trial before the Dutch West India Company.

Refusing, Morgan kills the man himself before stunning Damian and attempting to kidnap him.

Refusing to testify before the grand jury, Miller spent ninety days in jail for civil contempt.

* Refusing food three times before accepting

Refusing to sign off on the new rule, Whitman announced her resignation.

Refusing to accept her death, Peter performs CPR, saving her life.

Refusing to answer her questions with presumption that only she can ask them, she quickly ropes her into a game of croquet.

Refusing her father's offer, Thursday travels to a book in The Well of Lost Plots -- a subdivision of the Great Library that contains unpublished and unfinished works — in order to take a year's maternity leave with her memory of Landen.

Refusing medical attention twice, she returned to her hotel room and about three hours later was taken to a local hospital in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts after complaining of a headache.

As Ted Anton described the decision in his book Bold Science, " Refusing to write in the usual scientific passive voice (' steps were taken ') and too insecure to write in the first person (' I took the steps '), she instead invented coauthor ": her Afghan Hound, Galadriel Mirkwood.

Refusing medical attention twice, she returned to her hotel room and about three hours later was taken to a local hospital in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts after complaining of a headache.

Refusing, she and some of her companions are hanged, and as the nooses strangle them she screams out one as-yet unrevealed word.

Refusing to let her stay in their room, Sofia started hanging around with Laurie, as did David Alleyne and Kevin Ford, with Laurie and Kevin developing mutual crushes.

Refusing the offer to free her if she promised to leave the country immediately, with the threat that he would leave with her, the Ambassador eventually procured her unconditional release through James's Council.

Refusing to believe that the Pimpernel or anyone will save them, she mourns the loss of Percy and of her life (" I'll Forget You ").

Refusing to have Ryu save her, Rie asks him to forget all about her as Grey spirits her away to spend her final moments with the android's arms repeating Ryu's name.