These courts run parallel to the normal court system, and are undergoing reforms that include the first ever appointment of female judges.

He is best known for starting the First Crusade ( 1096 – 1099 ) and setting up the modern-day Roman Curia in the manner of a royal court to help run the Church.

The Commonwealth consisted of a number of clans run by chieftains, and the Althing was a combination of parliament and supreme court where disputes appealed from lower courts were settled, laws were decided, and decisions of national importance were taken.

This distinguishes the United States from other parties, in that if the statute of limitations has run, a court has no jurisdiction over a case against the United States.

: A Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing aircraft ( aéronef à décollage court et atterrissage vertical ) is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of clearing a 15 m ( 50 ft ) obstacle within 450 m ( 1, 500 ft ) of commencing take-off run, and capable of landing vertically.

Finally, if an opponent is deep in his court, a player may suddenly employ an unexpected drop shot, by softly tapping the ball just over the net so that the opponent is unable to run in fast enough to retrieve it.

It was given only five times before the run was stopped by the death of the Emperor Joseph II and the resulting period of court mourning.

In 1960, he made his first run for office as a candidate for Judge of the Circuit court, finishing last in a five-person contest.

Some states give the judiciary supervisory authority over the law enforcement officers who provide court house security, enforce civil judgments and run the local jail, while reserve these functions for in executive branch governmental officials.

Matlock also has conspicuously finicky fashion sense ; he generally appears in court wearing a trademark light gray suit and, over the series ' entire run, owned three generations of the Ford Crown Victoria – always an all-gray model ( Griffith's character had always driven Ford products in his 1960s series, The Andy Griffith Show ).

Similarly, when the outlawed Batasuna tried to use Acción Nacionalista Vasca as a proxy to re-organize its ranks, in a different case the ECHR also upheld in 2011 the previous Spanish court rulings which had outlawed ANV, noting that this party had not run by itself in elections since 1977 and that it basically conformed a " fraud " to circumvent the outlawing of Batasuna.

The ban on women and politics was they could not vote or run for office ( sine suffragio ) enlist in the army, or represent somebody else in court, women speaking their minds was not considered politics and so some women like Hortensia managed to make appearances in politics without violating the law.

So then the debtor would run to the court of equity, plead that there was an unconscionable forfeiture about to occur, and beg the court to grant an equitable decree requiring the lender to surrender the property upon payment of the secured debt with interest to date.

Otto's government was initially run by a three-man regency council made up of Bavarian court officials.

Both Leslie and Parker returned to the court in July, however, sparking a 10-2 run which turned an 8-14 start into an 18-16 regular season record and clinching the Sparks ' tenth playoff appearance in their 13-year history.

His government was initially run by a three-man regency council made up of Bavarian court officials.

Some of these were court or departmental archives ( established for several centuries ) which were well run and had good or adequate catalogues ; others were little more than store-rooms.

Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling had a similar run of clay court dominance from 1935 through 1939, winning the French Championships three consecutive years ( not playing there the other two years ) and incurring only one loss on clay during that five year period.

In a few countries, such as the UK, Ireland, India, and Australia, the word hostel sometimes also refers to establishments providing longer-term accommodation ( often to specific classes such as nurses, drug addicts, or court defendants on bail ) where the hostels are sometimes run by Housing Associations and charities.

A small step splits the court into upper and lower sections, and sloping ledges run horizontally across the walls, one of which forms the " line ".

Garrison became a flamboyant, colorful, well-known figure in New Orleans, but was initially unsuccessful in his run for public office, losing a 1959 election for criminal court judge.

Going against the run of previous case law, it overruled the German Federal Patent Court ( German: Bundespatentgericht or BPatG ), and came to the conclusion that the claimed subject-matter did properly meet the ' technical ' requirement, can not be excluded from patentability for that reason and that the court has to go into substantial examination.

He tried to run for president in 1990, but was prohibited from entering the race by the constitutional court due to a constitutional provision banning people who had participated in military coups from becoming president.

The Rule of Law, historically a principle according everyone his `` day in court '' before an impartial tribunal, was broadened substantively by making it a responsibility of government to promote individual welfare.

In The Publick Spirit of the Whigs, it may be noted, Swift himself contemptuously dismissed Steele's reference to his friend at court: `` I suppose by the Style of old Friend, and the like, it must be some Body there of his own Level ; ;

If the case is thus determined by us to be domestic, the court has no jurisdiction.

The action of the Commission in allowing or denying any claim under this title shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact and not subject to review by the Secretary of State or any other official, department, agency, or establishment of the United States or by any court by mandamus or otherwise.

if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation has been duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States and has not been discharged prior to the date of payment, payment shall be made to such receiver or trustee in accordance with the order of the court ; ;

if a receiver or trustee for any such partnership or corporation, duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States, makes an assignment of the claim, or any part thereof, with respect to which an award is made, or makes an assignment of such award, or any part thereof, payment shall be made to the assignee, as his interest may appear ; ;

This Court agreed with the trial court `` that considerations of price, quality and service were not overlooked by either Du Pont or General Motors ''.

Accordingly, if it is not repealed by the Congress at its present session, I shall have no alternative thereafter but to direct the Secretary of Defense to disregard the section unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines otherwise.

Its enforcement was enjoined by a federal trial court.

In an FELA controversy the state court followed established state procedure by construing a vague complaint `` most strongly against '' the complainant.

And she felt amply rewarded for her suffering when the evidence of Lee's quack shenanigans, gathered by the tape recorder under her friend's clothing, proved adequate in court for convicting Franklin D. Lee.

The Washington state supreme court ruled that the state's occupation tax applied to sales, made at cost to an oil company, by a wholly-owned subsidiary set up to purchase certain supplies without divulging the identity of the parent.

The court held that the tax applied to non-profit sales because the corporations realized economic benefits by doing business as two separate entities.

The evidence in court was testimony about the interview, which for Holmes lasted an hour, although at least one white student at Georgia got through this ritual by a simple phone conversation.

There are other good representations of peasants and people of the court by actors who are finely costumed and magnificently photographed in this last of the Russian films to reach this country in the program of joint cultural exchange.

In United States appellate procedure, an appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law.

An appeal " by leave " or " permission " requires the appellant to obtain leave to appeal ; in such a situation either or both of the lower court and the appellate court may have the discretion to grant or refuse the appellant's demand to appeal the lower court's decision.

Likewise, in some jurisdictions, the state or prosecution may appeal an issue of law " by leave " from the trial court and / or the appellate court.

Generally, an appeal of the judgment will also allow appeal of all other orders or rulings made by the trial court in the course of the case.

In Anglo-American common law courts, appellate review of lower court decisions may also be obtained by filing a petition for review by prerogative writ in certain cases.