It is called the mercy rule because it spares the losing team the humiliation of suffering a more formal loss, and denies the winning team the satisfaction thereof, and prevents running up the score, a generally discouraged practice in which the opponent continues to score beyond the point when the game has become out of hand.

The mercy rule is most common in games such as baseball or softball, where there is no game clock and play could theoretically continue forever, although it is also used in sports such as hockey and American football.

The inaugural WBC in 2006 followed the IBAF mercy rule, with an additional rule stopping a game after five innings when a team is ahead by at least 15 runs.

In American high school softball, most states use a mercy rule of 20 runs ahead in three innings or 10 in five innings.

In United states high school soccer, most states use a mercy rule that ends the game whenever one team is ahead by 10 or more goals at any point from halftime onward.

At the middle or high school level, 34 states use a mercy rule that may involve a " continuous clock " – that is, the clock continues to operate on most plays when the clock would normally stop, such as an incomplete pass – once a team has a certain lead ( e. g., 35 points ) during the second half.

In some states, once the point differential is reduced to below the mercy rule invoking amount, normal timing procedures will resume until end of the game or until the point differential requires the mercy rule to be reinforced.

In addition, many states do not allow the use of the mercy rule in the championship game.

At the college level, there is no NCAA mercy rule.

A typical mercy rule used in amateur rugby matches means that the game is stopped if one team leads by a set number of points ( usually 50, though each league has its own rules ).

* From sportingpulse. com: " The North Sydney Junior League has extended the mercy rule to include our competitive grades U / 9 to U / 12's.

difference in a game, the mercy rule will be enforced and the score for that game shall read 30-0.

While a boxer who loses on the mercy rule is scored RSCOS, and would be similar to a technical knockout in professional boxing, it is not scored a loss by knockout, and the 28-day suspension for losing on a knockout does not apply.

This rule, however, is not universal and different fields have different variation and interpretation of the mercy rule.

In Iowa, which has separate state associations for boys ' and girls ' athletics, the rule applies only to boys ' basketball ; there is no mercy rule for girls ' basketball.

In the One Thousand and One Nights, also known as the Arabian Nights, the fictional storyteller Sheherazade is portrayed as being the " voice of sanity and mercy ", with her philosophical position being generally opposed to punishment by death.

It states that it is not a totally objectionable thing, but also that its abolishment can be driven by genuine Christian values, especially stressing the need for mercy.

Kosiński was also very interested in polo, and compared himself to a character from his novel Passion Play: " The character, Fabian, is at the mercy of his aging and his sexual obsession.

Thus in 1992, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, while affirming that " the Church does not know of any means other than Baptism that assures entry into eternal beatitude ", but also stating that " God has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but he himself is not bound by his sacraments ", stated: " As regards children who have died without Baptism, the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them.

Thus literate lay defendants often also claimed the right to benefit of clergy ; furthermore, as the Biblical passage used for the literacy test was always Psalm 51 ( Miserere mei, Deus ...-" O God, have mercy upon me ..."), an illiterate person who had memorized the psalm could also claim benefit of clergy.

It would also place him at the mercy of Pompey's armies.

" No one deserves thanks from another about something he has done for him or goodness he has done, he is either willing to get a reward from God, therefore he wanted to serve himself, or he wanted to get a reward from people, therefore, he has done that to get profit for himself, or to be mentioned and praised by people, therefore, to it is also for himself, or due to his mercy and tenderheartedness, so he has simply done that goodness to pacify these feelings and treat himself.

What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory — even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

Proponents also typically emphasize the grace and mercy of God toward all men, although teaching also that only some are predestined for salvation.

If God made me — the fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke: mercy, kindness, love — He also made the fish I catch and eat.

The message also had a secondary purpose, namely that in the event of an Allied defeat, the Athenians would probably receive some degree of mercy from Xerxes ( having indicated their readiness to submit ).

It depicts the six corporate acts of mercy — feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting prisoners and the sick, and the inscription reads: " This window is sacred to the memory of Mary Anning of this parish, who died 9 March AD 1847 and is erected by the vicar and some members of the Geological Society of London in commemoration of her usefulness in furthering the science of geology, as also of her benevolence of heart and integrity of life.

The word is also used in the New Testament for the place of propitiation, the " mercy seat ".

These include some of his most famous compositions, notably Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles ( a6 ) This day Christ was born ( a6 ) and Have mercy upon me ( a6 ) which employs alternating phrases with verse and full scoring and also circulated as a church anthem.

North Korea denounced the " four plus two " scenario, as it was also known as, by claiming Korea would be at the mercy of the great powers and insinuated the reestablishment of Japanese power in Korea.

Kalam was also criticized for inaction as a president on the pending mercy plea petitions, that delayed prosecution of the convicts.

Amandil of Númenor is also believed to possibly have reached Valinor, to plead for mercy for the faithful Númenóreans.

It is also traditional for some Jews to place a copy of Psalm 121 in the labor and delivery room to promote an easy labor by asking God for mercy.

Totila's conquest of Italy was marked not only by celerity but also by mercy, and Gibbon says " none were deceived, either friends or enemies, who depended on his faith or his clemency.

" Breen also voiced concern about the characterization of Cassandra, who is a victim of incest with her father in the novel, as well as the mercy killing of the grandmother by Parris also depicted in the novel, and " the sadistic characterization of Dr.

Concerning the sentence, Foss wrote, `` If it be possible that mercy shall override vengeance and that John Brown's sentence shall be commuted to imprisonment, it would be well -- well for the country and for Virginia ''.

I fell in love, that is the only expression I can think of, at once, and am still at the mercy of words, though sometimes now, knowing a little of their behaviour very well, I think I can influence them slightly and have even learned to beat them now and then, which they appear to enjoy.

To die well, a gladiator should never ask for mercy, nor cry out.

The pope's plea for mercy may well have merely served as an honorable excuse for not continuing on and sacking the Roman capital.

:" One of them told and confessed, without any pressure, that she had killed thirty children by bleeding them ... she confessed more, saying she had killed her own son ... Answer me: does it really seem to you that someone who has killed twenty or thirty little children in such a way has done so well that when finally they are accused before the Signoria you should go to their aid and beg mercy for them?

In Paris, the congregations had no mercy on purely clerical logic or clerical taste ; if a preacher wished to catch their ear, he had to manage to address them in terms they would agree to consider sensible and well bred.

as mercy and justice be the true supports of our Royal Throne ; and it properly belongeth to our princely office to take care and provide that our subjects have equal and indifferent justice ministered to them ; and that when their case deserveth to be relieved in course of equity by suit in our Court of Chancery, they should not be abandoned and exposed to perish under the rigor and extremity of our laws, we ... do approve, ratifie and confirm, as well the practice of our Court of Chancery.

To which Lambert replied " I know not why they should not be at our mercy as well as we at theirs "

As well as the Freak, Rita's chief adversary is Kath Maxwell ( Kate Hood ), a middle-class woman and friend of Bob Moran, who retaliates against Rita for her brutal initiation into prison life because of her crime – the mercy killing of her terminally ill daughter – and toughens up, becoming a serious rival for the top dog role with her new hard attitude and monopoly on contraband rackets in the prison.

The terrifying ( and instantly recognizable ) Dies irae that introduces the traditional sequence of the Latin funeral rite is repeated throughout for a sense of unity, which allows Verdi to explore the feelings of loss and sorrow as well as the human desire for forgiveness and mercy found in the intervening movements of the Requiem.

The sinner must " strive by works of mercy and charity, as well as by prayer and the various practices of penance, to put off completely the ' old man ' and to put on the ' new man '.

Other tenets include maintaining personal integrity and the absence of hypocrisy, as well as honesty and loyalty, mercy and forgiveness, rejection of materialism and the desire for wealth and power, and teaching others in your life through personal joy, happiness and Godly devotion.

:" May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain, but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me ( the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy on that day ); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

The implication of this is that Grandad would be at the mercy of attacks from the violent thugs on the estate, which Slater would in all probability organise ( Del told Rodney that Slater is well known in both the police and criminal communities for having a vast network of abused informants, all of whom are threatened to work with Slater in case he reveals their betrayal to the criminal underworld and have them killed ).

ISKCON temples are known for providing free prasada meals to all who come, as they believe that this is not only feeding the poor but providing them with Krishna's mercy as well.

Other notable passages include the famous āyat al-kursī or " Throne Verse ", as well as the closing two verses which outline the six articles of belief before forming a prayer for forgiveness, divine mercy, and help against the enemies of faith.

With the world at the tiny country's mercy, Duchess Gloriana, the leader of Grand Fenwick, lists her terms: all the nuclear weapons of the powerful nations must go through an inspection by impartial scientists and the " Tiny Twenty " ( a joke about the " Big Three " Nations ) should be formed, a group of twenty small nations so that small nations can get their voices heard as well as large ones.

Mercurius might not be dragging the woman to be bound to the trophy, but might be bringing her to kneel before Diana to ask for mercy as well.

He went on to say, "... it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon ; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.

Oriental figures included Chinese gods and goddesses such as Guanyin ( the goddess of mercy ) and Budai ( the god of contentment ), figures with nodding heads, seated monks and laughing boys as well as figures of Dutch men and women.

Orgoth, however, cannot help but taunt Archer as he leaves, noting that mercy will not serve the captain well in the Expanse.