Concerning the liberal use of the death penalty in the Draconic code, Plutarch states: " It is said that Drakon himself, when asked why he had fixed the punishment of death for most offences, answered that he considered these lesser crimes to deserve it, and he had no greater punishment for more important ones.

Episodes of widespread famine and disease devastated the population of the German states and, to a lesser extent, the Low Countries, Bohemia and Italy, while bankrupting many of the regional powers involved.

During the unification of Germany, the term Großdeutschland ( or greater Germany ) referred to a possible German nation consisting of the states that later comprised the Second German Empire and Austria ; the term lesser Germany, or small Germany, or Kleindeutschland, referred to a possible German state without Austria.

In 1949, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Romania founded the Comecon in accordance with Stalin's desire to enforce Soviet domination of the lesser states of Central Europe and to mollify some states that had expressed interest in the Marshall Plan, and which were now, increasingly, cut off from their traditional markets and suppliers in Western Europe.

Most states ' constitutions also grant the right of trial by jury in lesser criminal matters, though most have abrogated that right in offenses punishable by fine only.

Zygmunt Gloger in his work Historical geography of land of ancient Poland ( Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski ) states that according to a Polish custom, whenever a new village was formed next to an older one, the name of the new entity was presented with an adjective little ( or lesser ), while the old village was described as greater.

It also sought to empower Arab states from outside forces by forming alliances and, to a lesser extent, economic co-operation.

Valhalla is referenced at length in the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, while Valhalla receives lesser direct references in stanza 33 of the Völuspá, where the god Baldr's death is referred to as the " woe of Valhalla ", and in stanzas 1 to 3 of Hyndluljóð, where the goddess Freyja states her intention of riding to Valhalla with Hyndla, in an effort to help Óttar, as well as in stanzas 6 through 7, where Valhalla is mentioned again during a dispute between the two.

As used in the United States, beginning with the state of Vermont in 2000, the term civil union has connoted a status equivalent to marriage for same-sex couples ; domestic partnership, offered by some states, counties, cities, and employers since as early as 1985, has generally connoted a lesser status with fewer benefits.

bidentalia which states these were small shrines of lesser divinities, to whom hostiae bidentes, i. e. lambs two years old, were sacrificed.

At the Dissolution in 1540, an inventory states that there were " a lyttel payre of organes " in the Lady Chapel and in the Choir, " a great large payre of organes " and also " a lesser payre ".

Some states ( e. g., Colorado ) include a lesser charge, sometimes referred to as driving while ability impaired that may apply to individuals with a 0. 05 % or above, but less than the 0. 08 % per se limit for the more serious charge.

Under the treaties, an IGC is called into being by the European Council, and is composed of representatives of the member states, with the Commission, and to a lesser degree the Parliament also participating.

The Chinese Confucian thinker Mencius, who 2300 years ago sought to give advice to the ruthless political leaders of the warring states period, was convinced that the mind played a mediating role between the " lesser self " ( the physiological self ) and the " greater self " ( the moral self ) and that getting the priorities right between these two would lead to sage-hood.

The advantages of this system include the feature that lesser known candidates could still have a chance by using retail politics in small states early, without giving those early small states too much influence.

The Persian Empire — united and strong — couldn't prevail against the might of the Athenian fleet combined with that of lesser city states in several attempts to conquer the Greek city states.

The state of Elam was formed from these lesser states as a response to invasion from Sumer during the Old Elamite period.

In some jurisdictions, such as Australia, New Zealand, the American states of Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and California, a domestic partnership is almost equivalent to marriage, or to other legally recognized same-sex or different-sex unions, while in other jurisdictions such as the American states of Wisconsin and Maine, domestic partnerships may confer lesser relationship rights than other jurisdictions ' civil unions and more than de-facto cohabitation.

" ( Gita: 7: 21-22 ) Elsewhere in the Gita Lord Krishna states: " O Arjuna, even those devotees who worship other lesser deities ( e. g., devas, for example ) with faith, they also worship Me, but in an improper way because I am the Supreme Being.

The rapid growth in the Victorian and to a lesser extent, New South Wales racing carnivals has made the leading races of the other states less competitive in prizemoney and as a result prestige.

If an evil which is certain and extensive and immediate may rarely be compensated for by a problematic, speculative, future good, by the same token not every present, certain, and immediate good ( or lesser evil ) that may have to be done will be outweighed by a problematic, speculative, and future evil.

The lesser mysteries were probably held every year, the greater mysteries only every five years.

In fifteen months, she created one hundred and eighty one noble titles, more than any other monarch in Swedish history: one count, two barons, and eight lesser noblemen every month.

All of the tributaries, including the lesser khwae, form an extensive tree-like pattern, with branches flowing through nearly every province in central and northern Thailand.

All things are derived from the first reality or perfect God by steps of degradation to lesser degrees of the first reality or God, and at every step the emanating beings are less pure, less perfect, less divine.

Unrest remained and bandits appeared in every district ; the government, in no position to put down all the lesser disturbances, was forced to patch up the situation as best it could.

Some did not participate every year, others sent lesser teams ; in the 1959 edition held in Ecuador, Brazil entered a team from the state of Pernambuco.

** As another variation, figure out every disaster that might occur due to failure of the biosphere, to lesser or greater degree, and calculate the price of insurance against all of it.

The ocean is unique in that it contains-in greater or lesser quantities-nearly every element in the periodic table.

In biology and psychology, the Coolidge effect is a phenomenon — seen in nearly every mammalian species in which it has been tested — whereby males ( and to a lesser extent females ) exhibit renewed sexual interest if introduced to new receptive sexual partners, even after refusing sex from prior but still available sexual partners.

The devil dances at the annual carnival of Oruro are among the great folkloric events of South America, as are the lesser known indigenous Anata Andina and the " carnival " at Tarabuco ( Pujllay ), or the Tinku-fertility rites held at Macha every 3rd of May.

In video games, powergamers enjoy being at the bleeding edge of progression of their selected game, taking part in every activity that yields the fastest progression, and bypassing the " lesser " activities or any other secondary job / trait / skill.

Common payroll frequencies include: daily, weekly, bi-weekly ( once every two weeks ), semi-monthly ( twice per month ), and to a somewhat lesser extent, monthly.

It is still very much engraved, to a greater or lesser extent, on every Montenegrin's ethical belief system and it is essential in order to truly understand them.

# THAT so many lesser barons shall be added to the Parliament, as there have been noblemen created since the last augmentation of the number of the barons ; and that in all time coming, for every nobleman that shall be created, there shall be a baron added to the Parliament.

For example, wrestlers in Juryo desperately try to avoid makekoshi and exchange or buy the match result otherwise their salary would be nothing, literally 0 yen, with the participation wage of 150, 000 yen every two month if they get makekoshi and their ranking would go down to Makushita, the lesser ranking from Juryo in which you can earn 1, 036, 000 yen monthly with some prizes.

Two-stroke engines are lighter, simpler, easier to cold start, and produce twice the power for a lesser weight because they produce power every two piston strokes, rather than every four.

Also, to a greater or lesser extent, the process affects every species in a particular ecosystem.

The town is served by the number 215 bus every half an hour from Mahon Point via Cork city centre and the number 235 bus from Cork city at a lesser frequency by Bus Eireann

While California is known for its Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Chardonnay in particular, it produces such a massive amount of wine that just about every grape variety ends up being grown there to a greater or lesser extent.

MIT's Great Dome Newton tower On every slab-sided cornice, like proclamations of faith needing no explanation, are chiseled Darwin, Newton, Aristotle and, in lesser letters, the names of the more numerous Lavoisiers and Eulers and Faradays who have discovered the chemical elements or evolved the equations or stumbled upon the fundamentals of nature.