Brescia

[bre-shah]

noun

1. a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.

Brescia

/ ˈbrɛʃʃa /

noun

1. Ancient name: Brixia. a city in N Italy, in Lombardy: at its height in the 16th century. Pop: 187 567 (2001)

Other Word Forms

• Brescian adjective

Example Sentences

"The whole concept of third-country removal has to be seen in light of the broader concept of asylum," says Prof Ray Brescia, from the Albany Law School in the US.

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The Brescia Carabinieri said she was an unsuspecting figure, whose religious role allowed her "free access to the penitentiary facilities".

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Today, Trump’s lawyers will try to “defend the indefensible… and they may just succeed,” Albany Law School's Ray Brescia tells the BBC.

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“In a perverse way, the more difficult she makes it, she might actually help Smith in the end,” Brescia wrote.

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Another legal scholar, Albany Law School's Ray Brescia, said the court's decision prevents a situation in which there is a "patchwork of states with different processes".

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