Before then, the government was a Crown colony consisting of either colonial administration solely ( such as the Executive Council ), or a mixture of colonial rule and a partially elected assembly, such as the Legislative Council.

Before 1938, the federal courts, like almost all other common law courts, decided the law on any issue where the relevant legislature ( either the U. S. Congress or state legislature, depending on the issue ), had not acted, by looking to courts in the same system, that is, other federal courts, even on issues of state law, and even where there was no express grant of authority from Congress or the Constitution.

The terms " Common Era ", " Anno Domini ", " Before the Common Era " and " Before Christ " in contemporary English can be applied to dates that rely on either the Julian calendar or the Gregorian calendar.

Before long, much of the south and west was under the control of the Nationalists, whose regular Army of Africa was the most professional force available to either side.

Before then, he was either mad, or not ; either a hero, or not ; with no in-betweens.

" Before this study, it was thought that the Cuban Ivory-billed were descended from mainland woodpeckers, either introduced to Cuba by Native Americans or accidentals that flew to the island themselves.

Before the widespread availability of incendiary ammunition made commerce raiding too risky, they would also land or hover close to a merchant ship suspected of carrying contraband, order all ship's hands to leave in boats, then inspect the ship, and either destroy it or take it back to Germany as prize.

Before that, tourists who couldn't afford to stay in a hotel either slept in their cars or pitched their tents in fields alongside the road.

Before Europeans arrived, Māori either walked or used watercraft on rivers or along the coasts.

Before Europeans arrived, Māori either walked or used watercraft on rivers or along the coasts.

Before modern computing, researchers requiring random numbers would either generate them through various means ( dice, cards, roulette wheels, etc.

Before 1700, London brewers sent out their beer very young and any aging was either performed by the publican or a dealer.

Before the box is opened, the cat, by nature of it being alive or dead, has information about the state of the apparatus ( the atom has either decayed or not decayed ); but the experimenter does not have information about the state of the box contents.

Before him, batsmen would play either forward or back and make a speciality of a certain stroke.

Before the time of electronic equipment the way of communicating on the battlefield was to use either drums, trumpets or flags.

Before each spin, the contestant can choose to either " Press Their Luck " ( play the board ) or " Pass " ( give all of his or her remaining earned spins to another contestant, forcing them to play ).

Before Nixie tubes became prominent, most numeric displays were electromechanical, using stepping mechanisms to display digits either directly by use of cylinders bearing printed numerals attached to their rotors, or indirectly by wiring the outputs of stepping switches to indicator bulbs.

He witnessed first hand his son's success as a performer, and on February 12 heard Joseph Haydn's widely-quoted words of praise, upon hearing the string quartets Wolfgang dedicated to him, " Before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name: He has taste, and, furthermore, the most profound knowledge of composition.

The network also has rights to many films not released by Disney ( either because the studio does not have a children's network or has one that is incompatible with their focus ), such as Warner Bros .' ( Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ( known in the US as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ), Universal Pictures ( Beethoven, An American Tail, The Land Before Time ), The Weinstein Company ( Hoodwinked, The Magic Roundabout ), Sony Pictures ( Stuart Little, Stuart Little 2, Hook ), Lionsgate ( Happily N ' ever After ), 20th Century Fox ( Ice Age, the Home Alone film series, Catch That Kid ), Paramount ( Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown ( and Don't Come Back !!)).

Before his official adoption as a Roman deity, Liber was companion to two different goddesses in two separate, archaic Italian fertility cults ; Ceres, an agricultural and fertility goddess of Rome's Hellenised neighbours, and Libera, who was either Liber's female equivalent or became so through assimilation.

Before playing the first card, if either player holds the king of trumps, they can mark an extra point for themselves by announcing it.

Before and after the advent of the pioneers, this land was used by the Ute Indians as a camping ground, as water and grass could be obtained on either side of it and enemies could not approach without being seen long before coming to the high ground.

Before, it had been only a ferry terminal with permission to hold markets either side of the fjord.

Before the Civil War he was firmly against secession, but when the war started he nevertheless took the side of the Confederacy.

All Genoshan mutants leave for Asteroid M. Before long, the country is taken over by Magneto who is ready to declare war on humanity with the Genoshan mutants by his side, following an attack on Professor X during an anti-mutant summit.

Names of those Masurs supporting Polish side were published in German newspapers, and their photos presented in German shops ; afterwards a regular hunts were organised after them by German militias which terrorized Polish population At least 3, 000 Warmian and Masurian activists who were engaged for Polish side had to flee the region out of fear of their lives At the same time German police engaged in active surveillance of Polish minority and attacks against Polish activists Before the plebiscite Poles started to flee the region to escape the German harassment and terror

Before Reagan's election, supply side policy was considered unconventional by the moderate wing of the Republican Party.

Before 1980, a section of the Commonwealth Railways Central Australian line passed along the western side of the Simpson Desert.

Before the persecution of Buddhism in the 9th century, Buddhism and Daoism were accepted side by side, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ( r. 712 – 56 ) invited monks and clerics of both religions to his court.

Before 1852 those on the north side of the Platte crossed the North Platte to the south side at Fort Laramie.

Before his death in 1924, Lenin, while describing Trotsky as " distinguished not only by his exceptional abilities – personally he is, to be sure, the most able man in the present Central Committee ", and also maintaining that " his non-Bolshevik past should not be held against him ", criticized him for " showing excessive preoccupation with the purely administrative side of the work ", and also requested that Stalin be removed from his position of General Secretary, but his notes remained suppressed until 1956.

Before establishing himself in the senior team, he played for the reserve side.

Before Sandwich became a Cinque Port, the ancient Saxon town of Stonar, located on the bank of the Wantsum estuary, but on the opposite side of the mouth of the River Stour, was already well established.

Before purchase, Carte had been assured by government officials that they would open a new street on the south side of the plot, provided he paid half the cost.

Before December 2009 it had a circular route around the centre of London on the north side of the River Thames linking the main line railway termini.

Before then, its territory was part of Wilkes County, now on its western side.

Before a railroad bridge was built across the Missouri, freight cars were pushed onto barges on one side of the river, then pulled off on the other.

Before this the county carried the arms of Småland and Öland side by side.

Before leaving Santo Domingo, Dessalines " gave the order to ... commanders posted in conquered communities, to round up all dwellers and subdue them to prison, in so, at first command, have them stomped by mules and other beasts upon arriving to the haitian side.

Before the Tamar Bridge was opened, most car drivers wishing to travel between Saltash ( on the Cornish side ) and the Devon city of Plymouth used car ferries.

Before departing, he recruited the Oneida tribe, who referred to Lafayette as Kayewla ( fearsome horseman ), to the American side.