Generally speaking, " irect appeal statutes afford defendants the opportunity to challenge the merits of a judgment and allege errors of law or fact.

Generally speaking the appellate court examines the record of evidence presented in the trial court and the law that the lower court applied and decides whether that decision was legally sound or not.

Generally speaking in private, civil cases there is no plea entered of guilt or innocence.

" Generally speaking, an appellate court's judgment provides ' the final directive of the appeals courts as to the matter appealed, setting out with specificity the court's determination that the action appealed from should be affirmed, reversed, remanded or modified '".

Generally speaking, negation is an automorphism of any abelian group, but not of a ring or field.

Generally speaking, protesters believe that the global financial institutions and agreements undermine local decision-making methods.

Generally speaking, most countries that follow the principles of common law have developed procedures for judicial review that limit the reviewability of decisions made by administrative law bodies.

Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day.

Mail armour provided an effective defence against slashing blows by an edged weapon and penetration by thrusting and piercing weapons ; in fact a study conducted at the Royal Armouries at Leeds concluded that " it is almost impossible to penetrate using any conventional medieval weapon " Generally speaking, mail's resistance to weapons is determined by four factors: linkage type ( riveted, butted, or welded ), material used ( iron versus bronze or steel ), weave density ( a tighter weave needs a thinner weapon to surpass ), and ring thickness ( generally ranging from 18 to 14 gauge in most examples ).

Generally speaking decisions from the higher courts will bind the lower courts.

Solicitors must be careful when looking at older cases when quantifying a claim to ensure that the award is brought up to date and to take into account the court of appeal case in Heil v Rankin Generally speaking the greater the injury the greater the damages awarded.

Generally speaking damages for personal injury for males and females are the same.

Generally speaking, unlike dictionary entries, which focus on linguistic information about words, encyclopedia articles focus on factual information to cover the thing or concept for which the article name stands.

Generally speaking the problem of economic calculation is solved in financial markets.

Generally speaking, the ministry of presiding at the Eucharist is given by the church to the Elders ( presbyters, priests, or pastors in other traditions ).

Generally speaking, there tend to be more schizophrenics among the relatives of schizophrenic patients than in the general population, while manic-depression is more frequent in the relatives of manic-depressives.

Generally speaking, military and police forces use semi-automatic pistols due to their high magazine capacities ( 10 to 17 or, in some cases, over 25 rounds of ammunition ) and ability to rapidly reload by simply removing the empty magazine and inserting a loaded one.

Generally speaking, he tended to use tap and other popular dance idioms to express joy and exuberance – as in the title song from Singin ' in the Rain or " I Got Rhythm " from An American in Paris, whereas pensive or romantic feelings were more often expressed via ballet or modern dance, as in " Heather on the Hill " from Brigadoon or " Our Love Is Here to Stay " from An American in Paris.

Generally speaking, the person who engages in an activity for fun, not remuneration, is called an amateur ( or hobbyist ), as distinct from a professional.

Generally speaking, a rabbi in any one period will not overrule specific laws from an earlier era, unless supported by a relevant earlier precedent ; see list below.

Generally speaking, the term ' invisibles ' refers to both ; international payments for services ( as opposed to goods ) as well as movements of money for which there is no contra transaction ( i. e. money is not exchanged for either a good or a service ).

Generally speaking, when a subordinate performs well or when there are positive exchanges between a leader and a subordinate, their relationship is strengthened, performance and job satisfaction are enhanced, and the subordinate will feel more commitment to the leader and the organization as a whole.

Generally speaking, this precept requires that " weapons remain pure that they are employed only in self-defence and against innocent civilians and defenceless people ".

Generally speaking, the hands are held high to protect the head and chin and the forearms are tucked against the torso to impede body shots.

Generally speaking, leading questions will be more liberally permitted on re-direct in order to establish a foundation and call the attention of the witness to specific testimony elicited on cross examination.

Generally speaking, most tropical pioneer species have orthodox seeds but many climax species have recalcitrant or intermediate seeds.

Generally, members of the various denominations acknowledge each other as Christians, at least to the extent that they have mutually-recognized baptisms and acknowledge historically orthodox views including the Divinity of Jesus and doctrines of sin and salvation, even though doctrinal and ecclesiological obstacles hinder full communion between churches.

Generally in orthodox Islam, conservative scholars deem cannabis an intoxicant and therefore, according to the Hadith, it is classified as haraam.

Generally, it does not entail exclusive rewards for Jews.

Generally, the Inquisition movement was concerned only with the heretical behaviour of Catholic adherents or converts, and did not concern itself with those outside its jurisdiction, such as Jews or Muslims.

Generally, the Jews accepted foreign rule when they were only required to pay tribute, and otherwise allowed to govern themselves internally.

Generally the Jesuits took the role of go-between with heads of state, while the Jews manned the low-end pawnshops.

Generally speaking, the bulk of the urban congregations, particularly in the Northern states, were not totally averse to this development, which was also gaining momentum in the other religious groups around them, while rural congregations, particularly in the Southern United States, tended to oppose this trend.

Generally speaking, they oppose rap music brought on by artists such as P. Diddy, Soulja Boy Tell ' Em, Lil ' Wayne, 50 Cent, and most mainstream rappers.

Generally speaking, left wing parties and trade unions support it, while conservative parties and the MEDEF employers ' union oppose it.

Generally, those who favor offshoring support capital mobility, and those who oppose offshoring call for greater regulation.

Generally they oppose unmitigated illegal immigration of foreign nationals into Southern states.

Generally speaking, those identifying themselves as " right-to-life " believe abortion is morally unacceptable.

Generally speaking, those identifying themselves as " right-to-choice " are advocates for legal elective abortion.

Generally, throughout the South, there is a growing impatience with the pattern of violence with which every step of desegregation is met.

Generally, they go to school with a girl named Gloriana, who lives down the block, and has a car.

Generally, the social sciences have attempted to develop scientific methods to understand social phenomena in a generalizable way, although usually with methods distinct from those of the natural sciences.

Generally does not provide sufficient information to allow interoperability with other programs.

Generally, managers seek relative value opportunities by being both long and short municipal bonds with a duration-neutral book.

Generally regarded as Sweden's oldest town, Birka ( along with Hovgården ) has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.

Generally, organisms with more complex nervous systems have a greater capacity to learn new responses and thus adjust their behavior.

" Generally, comics are not allowed to include such words as " damn ", " sucks ", " screwed " and " hell ", although there have been exceptions such as the September 22, 2010 Mother Goose and Grimm in which an elderly man says, " This nursing home food sucks ," and a pair of Pearls Before Swine comics from January, 2011 with a character named Ned using the word " crappy ".

Generally, direct seeding into a compost is not recommended due to the speed with which it may dry and the possible presence of phytotoxins that may inhibit germination, and the possible tie up of nitrogen by incompletely decomposed lignin.

Generally, children first studied the Chinese characters with rote memorization of the Three Character Classic and Hundred Family Surnames, then went on to memorize the other classics, in order to ascend in the social hierarchy.

Generally, an image of a small object is made using a lens to focus the illuminating radiation, as is done with the rays of the visible spectrum in light microscopy.

Generally, the player will tip the caddy based on their performance during the round, with extra money given for exemplary work.

Generally, those who did not relocate out of the State of Delaware were baptized, became Christian and were grouped together with other persons of color in official records and in the minds of their non-Native American neighbors.

Generally, Finland has abided by the principle of neutrality and has good relations with nearly all countries, as evidenced by the freedom of travel that a Finnish passport gives.

Generally, buon fresco works are more durable than any a secco work added on top of them, because a secco work lasts better with a roughened plaster surface, whilst true fresco should have a smooth one.

Generally, two pieces come together from either side behind the trigger and are locked in place, which can be unlocked with a key or combination.

Generally, with the exception of mustard for sausages, German dishes are rarely hot and spicy ; the most popular herbs are traditionally parsley, thyme, laurel, chives, black pepper ( used in small amounts ), juniper berries and caraway.

Generally, the structure of a glass exists in a metastable state with respect to its crystalline form, although in certain circumstances, for example in atactic polymers, there is no crystalline analogue of the amorphous phase.

Generally, handguns in the Czech Republic are available to anybody above 21 years of age ( 15, 16 or 18 years under special conditions ) with a clean criminal history who passes tests about gun law and weapon knowledge and a medical inspection ( which may optionally include psychological test ).

Generally guns in the Slovakia are available to anybody with a gun license and purchase permission above 21 with a clean criminal history.

Generally the public has to be content with the knowledge that these names existed in Greek in Mycenaean times, although Page hypothesizes that Hector " may very well be ... a familiar Greek form impressed on a similar-sounding foreign name.

Generally, with catenation comes the loss of the total amount of bonded hydrocarbons and an increase in the amount of energy required for bond cleavage due to strain exerted upon the molecule ; in molecules such as cyclohexane, this is referred to as ring strain, and occurs due to the " destabilized " spatial electron configuration of the atom.