This is the only valid, and extenuating, argument that may be advanced in defense of the reprehensible attitude of the common wine waiter.

Use of the term to describe writers, for example, is certainly valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like criticism.

Thus the court accepted that a modified doctrine of tenure operated in Australia, and that the law of tenure ( as a product of the common law ) could co-exist with the law of native title ( as a product of customary laws and traditions ), though where there had been a valid grant of fee simple by the Crown the latter title would be extinguished.

A-weighting is also in common use for assessing potential hearing damage caused by loud noise, though this seems to be based on the widespread availability of sound level meters incorporating A-Weighting rather than on any good experimental evidence to suggest that such use is valid.

Only nine U. S. states and the District of Columbia still permit this irregular form of marriage ; but common law marriages are otherwise valid and recognised by and in all jurisdictions whose rules of comity mandate the recognition of any marriage that was legally formed in the jurisdiction where it was contracted.

The 500 minute card is the most common one, which remains valid for one year and can usually be bought for US $ 600 to $ 750, while the 75 minute card can cost up to US $ 175 and the 5, 000 minute card costs around US $ 4, 000.

Applying the rules and customs of prize law, the courts decided whether the Letter of Marque was valid and current, and whether the captured vessel or its cargo in fact belonged to the enemy ( not always easy, when flying false flags was common practice ), and if so the prize and its cargo were " condemned ", to be sold at auction with the proceeds divided among the privateer's owner and crew.

Although " collectable " is the spelling listed first for the adjective by the Oxford English Dictionary and is standard spelling in British English, the dictionary observes that the "- ible " form is also valid and this has come to be the common spelling in the United States.

The stated intent of the Goldwater-Nichols legislation is broadly accepted as valid for effective political discourse on issues affecting the nation's security -- the Congress and the Executive need a common understanding of the strategic environment and the administration's intent as a starting point for future dialogue.

This was not valid at the common law courts but was in the Court of Chancery ; the Lord Chancellor is reported as having said, in 1492, " where there is no remedy at common law there may be good remedy in conscience, as, for example, by a feoffment upon confidence, the feoffor has no remedy by common law, and yet by conscience he has ; and so, if the feoffee transfers to another who knows of this confidence, the feoffor, by means of a subpoena, will have his rights in this Court ".

Unscrupulous renters may attempt to bypass salts by renting several lists and merging them to find the common, valid addresses.

This was mainly valid before the translation of the Western legal tradition to Chinese which started in 1839 after which influence by Western tradition was brought to China, with periods of restoration of traditional Chinese law, influence by Soviet law ; specific is the common ordinary language used in Chinese laws which has significant educational role.

Non-marital relationship contracts are not necessarily recognized from one jurisdiction to another whereas common law marriages are, by definition, legally valid marriages worldwide-provided the parties complied with the requirements to form a valid marriage while living in a jurisdiction that still allows this irregular form of marriage to be contracted-as was historically the case under the common law of England ( hence the name, " common law marriage ").

Sui juris marriages may be recognized as one of these other interpersonal relationships in foreign jurisdictions, especially if the parties to a true common law marriage are not able to prove they actually did conform to the requirements to contract a valid common law marriage in their home jurisdiction.

Except for same-sex marriages contracted by habit and repute, all jurisdictions recognize common law marriages that were validly contracted in the originating jurisdiction, because they are valid marriages in the jurisdiction where they were contracted.

In the 1990s, this approach was complemented by a cladistic one, according to which the only valid groups are those that include common ancestors and all of their descendants: these are known as monophyletic groups, or clades.

The elements of a valid cause of action for abuse of process in most common law jurisdictions are as follows: ( 1 ) the existence of an ulterior purpose or motive underlying the use of process, and ( 2 ) some act in the use of the legal process not proper in the regular prosecution of the proceedings.

By dealing with common landscape in an uncommon way, Roy Mason has found a particular niche in American landscape art.

The question may be raised whether or not we are dealing with a common factor in anxiety and compulsivity.

* Civil law ( common law ), a branch of common law dealing with relations between individuals or organizations ( as opposed to criminal law )

A similar principle, fair dealing, exists in some other common law jurisdictions.

In the United States, a civil action is a lawsuit ; civil law is the branch of common law dealing with non-criminal actions.

When dealing with three or fewer variables, it is common to replace x < sub > 1 </ sub > with just x, x < sub > 2 </ sub > with y, and x < sub > 3 </ sub > with z, as appropriate.

Many crimes which are now commonly prosecuted such as attempt, conspiracy, libel and perjury were originally developed by the Court of Star Chamber, along with its more common role of dealing with riots and sedition.

These are used in various contexts, particularly those dealing with information that encompasses a limited and defined domain, and where sharing data is a common necessity, such as scientific research or data exchange among businesses.

Fuzzy logic is the most common technique for dealing with vagueness.

Another common method for dealing with this capability mismatch is to reduce the accuracy of the device being calibrated.

Many programmers consider SSE2 to be " everything SSE should have been ", as SSE2 offers an orthogonal set of instructions for dealing with common data types.

Other common claims are that Celtic Christianity denied the authority of the Pope, was less authoritarian than the Catholic Church, more spiritual, friendlier to women, more connected with nature, and more comfortable dealing with the ancient Celtic religion.

They do occasionally join forces in order to achieve a common goal, such as preventing the closure of their department or dealing with a diplomatic incident.

This method of dealing is the most common, however, any sequence is legal as long as the dealer goes around the table twice.

As was common in those early days, the Edgar Vaughn store issued its own tin coinage as local currency in various denominations ( mainly 1C, 5C, & 10C denominations ) when dealing in barter transactions as a way to equalize transactions.

Strictly speaking, spheres are the only solids to have radii, but looser uses of the term " radius " are common in many fields, including those dealing with models of the Earth.

It is common in informal play to play a variant of Skat called “ Ramsch ” () in this case ( instead of skipping the hand and dealing for the next one ).

The Chancery came to prominence after the decline of the Exchequer, dealing with the law of equity, something more fluid and adaptable than the common law.

Don John, who had been sent as governor-general to restore order, found difficulties in dealing with William the Silent, who had succeeded in uniting all the provinces in common resistance to King Philip II.

For similar reasons it's a common material for the stick used to move the dice while dealing the casino game craps.

Generally the plot of each episode consists of the main characters, called Zoobles, encountering difficulties usually common to young children ( though some adults can relate to them ) and then learning a moral lesson about dealing with such problems, such as being apprehensive of going to a doctor or learning to appreciate others.

Usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution, confederations tend to be established for dealing with critical issues ( such as defense, foreign affairs, or a common currency ), with the central government being required to provide support for all members.

A common theme in thrillers ( innocent victims dealing with psychos ) is seen in Hitchcock's film Rebecca ( 1940 film ) | Rebecca ( 1940 ), where Mrs. Danvers tries to persuade Mrs. De Winter to leap to her death.

`` we the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America ''.

From it, spokes of order and degree led to the outward rim of the common man.

Political interference in Africa and Asia and even in Latin America ( though limited in Latin America by the special interest of the United States as expressed in the Monroe Doctrine, itself from the outset related to European politics and long dependent upon the `` balance of power '' system in Europe ) was necessary in order to preserve both common economic values and the European `` balance '' itself.

The common belief was that there existed one moral order, which included everything.

Phytomelan is not unique to Asparagales ( i. e. it is not a synapomorphy ) but it is common within the order and rare outside it.

The stamens are usually found around the style, either aggregated densely or fused into a tube, probably an adaptation in association with the plunger ( brush ; or secondary ) pollination that is common among the families of the order, wherein pollen is collected and stored on the length of the pistil.

In The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Poirot operates as a fairly conventional, clue-based detective, depending on logic, which is represented in his vocabulary by two common phrases: his use of " the little grey cells " and " order and method ".

Support was added to OS X in order to provide support for the large number of existing AppleTalk devices, notably laser printers and file shares, but alternate connection solutions common in this era, notably USB for printers, limited their demand.

In many legal jurisdictions related to English common law, affray is a public order offence consisting of the fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror ( in ) of ordinary people ( the lieges ).

One character common to many members of the order is the production of glucosinolate ( mustard oil ) compounds.

A common misconception is to use inverse order of encryption as decryption algorithm ( i. e. first XORing P17 and P18 to the ciphertext block, then using the P-entries in reverse order ).

for an arbitrary real or complex number α ( the order of the Bessel function ); the most common and important cases are for α an integer or half-integer.

After the sinking of the Essex of Nantucket by a whale, on November 20, 1820, ( an important source event for Herman Melville's Moby-Dick ) the survivors, in three small boats, resorted, by common consent, to cannibalism in order for some to survive.

The Doctrine and Covenants teaches that " all things must be done in order, and by common consent in the church ."().

A common mistake users make is to leave the CD-Rs with the " clear " ( recording ) surface upwards, in order to protect it from scratches, as this lets the sun hit the recording surface directly.

In the United Kingdom, while it is regarded as acceptable albeit less common to write month-name day, year, this order is never used when written numerically.

* Chimaera, one of the common names of a group of cartilaginous fishes, members of the order Chimaeriformes

The simple checksums described above fail to detect some common errors that affect many bits at once, such as changing the order of data words, or inserting or deleting words with all bits set to zero.

Its location is remarkable as the Aventine is situated outside the pomerium, i. e. original territory of the city, in order to comply with the tradition that Diana was a goddess common to all Latins and not exclusively of the Romans.

The computers interact with each other in order to achieve a common goal.

This practice is still common and graduates after receiving their " diploma " would usually change their personal documents in order to officially indicate the achievement.

It is a common configuration for kits sold through mail order, and, with smaller size drums and cymbals, for very young drummers.

Indeed, the symbiosis with root fungi is quite common among the order representatives, and there are even three kinds of it which can be found exclusively among Ericales ( namely, ericoid, arbutoid and monotropoid mycorrhiza ).

Its most common isotope einsteinium-253 ( half life 20. 47 days ) is produced artificially from decay of californium-252 in a few dedicated high-power nuclear reactors with a total yield on the order of one milligram per year.