For the family is the simplest example of just such a unit, composed of people, which gives us both some immunity from, and a way of dealing with, other people.

Social conservatives ( in the first meaning of the word ) in many countries generally favor the pro-life position in the abortion controversy and oppose human embryonic stem cell research ( particularly if publicly funded ); oppose both eugenics and human enhancement ( transhumanism ) while supporting bioconservatism ; support a traditional definition of marriage as being one man and one woman ; view the nuclear family model as society's foundational unit ; oppose expansion of civil marriage and child adoption rights to couples in same-sex relationships ; promote public morality and traditional family values ; oppose atheism, especially militant atheism, secularism and the separation of church and state ; support the prohibition of drugs, prostitution, and euthanasia ; and support the censorship of pornography and what they consider to be obscenity or indecency.

The tax obligations were annual, inherited by the family unit, and fixed for life.

If one member ran away or married into another household or died, the rest of family continued to be responsible for the tax obligation of the family unit.

When Paul refers to Priscilla and Aquila, of the seven times Priscilla and Aquila are mentioned in the New Testament, the Apostle Paul always lists them together, suggesting that he viewed them as a ministry team and also a family unit.

Some scholars have concluded that Priscilla was the head of the family unit.

Distributism sees the family of two parents and their child or children as the central and primary social unit of human ordering and the principal unit of a functioning distributist society and civilization.

This unit is also the basis of a multi-generational extended family, which is embedded in socially as well as genetically inter-related communities, nations, etc., and ultimately in the whole human family past, present and future.

The economic system of a society should therefore be focused primarily on the flourishing of the family unit, but not in isolation: at the appropriate level of family context, as is intended in the principle of subsidiarity.

These can be the life of a child, family members, or members of a soldier's unit.

Most commonly, a household is a family unit of some kind, though households may be other social groups, organizations or individuals.

JUnit has been important in the development of test-driven development, and is one of a family of unit testing frameworks collectively known as xUnit that originated with SUnit.

Among the Luo the larger agricultural production unit was the patriarch's extended family, mainly divided into a special assignment team led by the patriarch, and the teams of his wives, who, together with their children, worked their own lots on a regular basis.

A family is a monogenetic unit ; that is, all its members derive from a common ancestor, and all attested descendants of that ancestor are included in the family.

Proper love meant proper discipline ;, the family was the basic unit of supervision.

Instead, there is much more of a focus on the home and the family unit — something that the Romans, including Plautus, could easily understand and adopt for themselves later in history.

Polygamy exists in three specific forms: polygyny-wherein a man has multiple simultaneous wives ; polyandry-wherein a woman has multiple simultaneous husbands ; or group marriage-wherein the family unit consists of multiple husbands and multiple wives.

Group marriage is a marriage wherein the family unit consists of more than two partners, any of whom share parental responsibility for any children arising from the marriage.

( The gens was the larger unit, and was divided into several familiae: a person called " Gaius Iulius Caesar " belonged to the Julian gens and the Caesar family.

Mr. Willis, eager to have him allied with the family, wanted advice beyond the confines of his field, and William set out on a serious study of the situation, including trips to Wisconsin and Washington.

However, after the deaths of Caligula's wife and daughter, it became apparent that Cassius intended to go beyond the terms of the conspiracy and wipe out the Imperial family.

In his lectures at the Collège de France, Foucault often defines governmentality as the broad art of " governing ," which goes beyond the traditional conception of governance in terms of state mandates, and into other realms such as governing " a household, souls, children, a province, a convent, a religious order, a family ".

He was unable to extend his father's baseball success beyond 1938, and the Cubs slipped into years of mediocrity, although the Wrigley family would retain control of the team until 1981.

In Britain, the Christmas tree was introduced in the time of the personal union with Hanover, by George III's Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in early 19th century, but the custom hadn't yet spread much beyond the royal family.

The " cooperative " approach advances beyond this perspective to recognise that such property and equipment may be " co-owned " by local communities larger than a family, e. g., partners in a business.

Elijah then goes beyond the prophecy he was given and tells Ahab that his entire kingdom will reject his authority ; that Jezebel will be eaten by dogs within Jezreel ; and that his family will be consumed by dogs as well ( if they die in a city ) or by birds ( if they die in the country ).

With the emergence of monarchy at the beginning of Iron Age II the king promoted his own family god, Yahweh, as the god of the kingdom, but beyond the royal court religion continued to be both polytheistic and family-centered, as it was also for other societies in the Ancient Near East.

The first reason is that such groups may extend group identity and cooperation beyond the limited of family and kinship out of reciprocal altruism, in the belief that helping other individuals will produce an advantageous situation for both the sender and receiver of that help, this tendency has been noted in studies by Robert Axelrod that are summarized in his book The Evolution of Cooperation ( 1984 ).

* In the asteroid belt beyond 3. 5 AU from the Sun, the 3: 2, 4: 3 and 1: 1 resonances with Jupiter are populated by clumps of asteroids ( the Hilda family, 279 Thule, and the Trojan asteroids, respectively ).

* Recognition of bonds of kinship with obligations extending beyond the immediate family group ;

He collects photographs, seen crowding over his piano, yet has no obvious family, beyond a reference to his ex-wife ( who called him cold fish ).

* The recognition of bonds of kinship, with important obligations extending beyond the immediate family group ;

In 1890, Sergei's parents went bankrupt, having for a long time lived beyond their means, and from that time Sergei ( who had a small income inherited from his mother ) had to support the family.

' Modern biotechnology ' is defined in the Protocol to mean the application of in vitro nucleic acid techniques, or fusion of cells beyond the taxonomic family, that overcome natural physiological reproductive or recombination barriers and are not techniques used in traditional breeding and selection.

The actual death of the Arab as a human being with a family is seemingly irrelevant, as Camus tells us little to nothing about the victim beyond the fact that he is dead.

The instability of her family life affected her education and her level of schooling never really progressed beyond the fourth grade.

* extended family group ( nʉmʉnahkahni-" the people who live together in a household ", no size limits but nonrecognition beyond relatives two generations above or three below )

Keeping children in diapers beyond infancy can be controversial, with family psychologist John Rosemond claiming it is a " slap to the intelligence of a human being that one would allow baby to continue soiling and wetting himself past age two.

The deportations and Macmillan's involvement later became a source of controversy because of the harsh treatment meted out to Nazi collaborators and anti-partisans by the receiving countries, and because in the confusion V Corps went beyond the terms agreed at Yalta and Allied Forces Headquarters directives by repatriating 4000 White Russian troops and 11, 000 civilian family members who could not properly be regarded as Soviet citizens.

Nothing further is known about Leif's family beyond the succession of Thorkell as chieftain.

Despite all this, when it comes to giving out advice to her, his family, or anyone willing to listen Josh is, at times, wise beyond his years.

The majority of books produced by them were sold to affluent families in Scotland and Northern England with their average book price of sixpence putting them beyond affordability for the average family.

Both increasingly worried by their only son and heir, who is charming but spoiled and unreliable, and hope the Wimseys will produce children to ensure the succession of the family lands and estates beyond doubt.