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 they have been males, though of the over one hundred monarchs there have been nine women ( one pre-historical and eight historical ) as Emperor on eleven occasions.

Generally, companies want to retain creative control over their intellectual properties and are wary of fan-created works, like fan fiction.

Generally speaking, higher courts do not have direct oversight over the lower courts of record, in that they cannot reach out on their own initiative ( sua sponte ) at any time to overrule judgments of the lower courts.

Generally the left wing is favored by the right-handed majority of writers because the feather curves away from the sight line, over the back of the hand, although because of the modern scarcity of substantial quills this is rarely a consideration as the curvature is not actually so pronounced as to cause any difficulty in the writing process.

Generally bottled whisky over 46 % abv indicates that it is non-chill filtered or unchill-filtered, as the spirit generally remains unclouded at this alcohol level.

Generally, the Zambian electorate viewed Mwanawasa's rule as a great improvement over Chiluba's.

Generally, a peglist only has to be memorized one time, and can then be used over and over every time a list of items needs to be memorized.

Generally, Type 2 diabetes occurs in people who are over age 40.

Generally, stews have less liquid than soups, are much thicker and require longer cooking over low heat.

Generally, it is played quietly for the first ( or second ) playthrough, then the next has a piccolo playing over the trio melody, and in the final playthrough, it is loud.

Generally speaking, both terms can refer to the Spanish language as a whole, with a preference for one over the other that depends on the context or the speaker's origin.

Generally, a jiangshi's appearance can range from unremarkable ( as in the case of a recently deceased person ) to horrifying ( rotting flesh, rigor mortis, as with corpses that have been in a state of decay over a period of time ).

Generally known as the Encomia, this is a collection of over 250 short poems in honour of Leland's contemporaries.

Generally, businesses in a trade-center town, except for those in competition with the mall, will benefit from the mall's presence as shoppers spill over.

Generally, anything up to 40 denier is known as pantyhose and anything over can be classified as tights, as for example ' running tights ' and ' cycling tights '.

Generally, the efficient hurdler spends the minimum amount of time and energy going vertically over the hurdle, thus achieving maximum speed in the horizontal race direction down the track.

Generally, the king presides over cabinet meetings once or twice a year ( more regularly if needed ) to be directly informed by ministers of non-partisan national and international concerns.

Generally, the two adopted the Bosnian Muslim official nationalist view of Kusturica as a " traitor who crossed over to the enemy side thus turning his back on his city, his ethnic roots, and his nation ", often publicly attacking him along similar lines.

Generally regarded as wrong in every judgement he makes over the course of the play, Polonius is described by William Hazlitt as a " sincere " father, but also " a busy-body, is accordingly officious, garrulous, and impertinent.

Generally, the counter-recoil force is smaller than the recoil force, and is applied over a time period that is longer than the time that the recoil force is being applied ( i. e. the time during which the ejecta are still in the barrel of the gun ).

Generally this oscillation is high frequency ( hence short period ) and is damped over a period of a few seconds.

Generally speaking, researchers involved in dynamics study how a physical system might develop or alter over time and study the causes of those changes.