In view of the acceptance accorded the status of motor vehicles for tax purposes, in the absence of any specific provision it would seem entirely consistent to apply the same interpretation to boats or aircraft.

The new Council was itself inescapably of political meaning, which was most clearly revealed in the absence of any U.N.F.P. members and the presence of several Istiqlal leaders.

It is borne out also by the absence of any developed theory about how sin passes from one generation to the next.

In the case of the tapering worm tubes Selkirkia, trilobites are always found with their heads directed towards the opening of the tube, suggesting that they reversed in ; the absence of any moulted carapaces suggests that moulting was not their primary reason for seeking shelter.

Bruce Hindmarsh suggests that the secular popularity of " Amazing Grace " is due to the absence of any mention of God in the lyrics until the fourth verse ( by Excell's version, the fourth verse begins " When we've been there ten thousand years "), and that the song represents the ability of humanity to transform itself instead of a transformation taking place at the hands of God.

Donald Guthrie, who dates the book between 62-64, notes that the absence of any mention of the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 would be unlikely if the book were written afterward.

A major long-term consequence of the Third Reform Act was the rise of Lib-Lab candidates, in the absence of any committed Labour Party.

The absence of any older Iranian ( Avestan ) loanwords in Brahui supports this hypothesis.

This theory is based on the absence of any mention of cavalry in Herodotus ' account of the battle, and an entry in the Suda dictionary.

As a third issue, philosophers who dispute the validity of the Turing test may feel that it is possible, at least in principle, for verbal report to be dissociated from consciousness entirely: a philosophical zombie may give detailed verbal reports of awareness in the absence of any genuine awareness.

The use of chromium-containing dietary supplements is controversial owing to the absence of any verified biological role, the expense of these supplements, and the complex effects of their use.

However, firing a pistol effectively at any significant range requires good training, since the absence of a buttstock makes precise ranged aim difficult.

While disc players and drives may have capabilities beyond the standards, enabling them to read and write nonstandard discs, there is no assurance, in the absence of explicit additional manufacturer specifications beyond normal Compact Disc logo certification, that any particular player or drive will perform beyond the standards at all or consistently.

The second one happens on the evening of 24 December ; gifts are placed under the Christmas tree, usually in the absence of Santa-believing children ( many of whom are occupied with watching the sky in search of the first star ) if there are any in the family.

The kind dealt with is when " to believe something " simply means any cognitive content held as true in spite of the absence of proof or even evidence.

" The attempt by some twentieth-century Catholic theologians to present the Eucharistic change as an alteration of significance ( transignification rather than transubstantiation ) was rejected by Pope Paul VI in his 1965 encyclical letter Mysterium fidei In his 1968 Credo of the People of God, he reiterated that any theological explanation of the doctrine must hold to the twofold claim that, after the consecration, 1 ) Christ's body and blood are really present ; and 2 ) bread and wine are really absent ; and this presence and absence is real and not merely something in the mind of the believer.

At the same time, most healthy tissues in the body express little if any telomerase, and would function normally in its absence.

The absence of any ruling about matches played before 1947 ( or before 1895 in Great Britain ) has caused problems for cricket historians and especially statisticians who have been forced to compile their own matchlists.

Even in the absence of any work in astronomy, Bessel's role in developing the functions which now bear his name would have, by itself, placed him among the most significant and influential mathematicians of the 19th century.

Some believe that in the absence of any public exploits for the problem, full and public disclosure should be preceded by disclosure of the vulnerability to the vendors or authors of the system.

It can be derived from Fick's First law and the mass conservation in absence of any chemical reactions:

Historically, the term ferromagnet was used for any material that could exhibit spontaneous magnetization: a net magnetic moment in the absence of an external magnetic field.

The Anglican Articles of Religion hold that only Baptism and the Lord's Supper are to be counted as sacraments of the gospel, and assert that other rites considered to be sacraments by such as the Roman Catholic and Eastern churches were not ordained by Christ and do not have the nature of a sacrament in the absence of any physical matter such as the water in Baptism and the Bread and Wine in the Eucharist.

A new strategy was agreed, whereby the Ottomans were to take advantage of any absence of Averof to attack the other Greek ships.

However, the absence of any archaeological remains of or documentary evidence for a Roman fort at Hastings suggest that Hæstingaceaster may refer to a different settlement, most likely that based on the Roman remains at Pevensey.

High risk infants may be identified by fetal tachycardia, bradycardia or absence of fetal accelerations upon CTG in utero, at birth the infant may look cachexic and show signs of yellowish meconium staining on skin, nail and the umbillical cord, these infants usually progress onto Infant Respiratory distress syndrome within 4 hours.

Postpartum amenorrhea ( absence of menstruation ) lasts less than one year and a female may resume external signs of oestrus within a year of giving birth, though the female is probably not fertile at this point.

Nowadays the Duchy of Cornwall belongs to the sovereign's heir apparent, if any: it reverts to the Crown in the absence of an heir apparent, and is automatically conferred to the heir apparent upon birth.

Other sources ( Duris of Samos ; the Vergilian commentator Servius ) report that Penelope slept with all 108 suitors in Odysseus ' absence, and gave birth to Pan as a result.

The absence of the sense of smell from birth is called Congenital Anosmia.

The Bible does not show Jesus or his apostles celebrating birthdays and The Watchtower claims the absence of any record of the date of the birth of Jesus or his apostles indicates that " God does not want us to celebrate any of these birthdays ".

Shortly before the birth she gave an interview from her bed covered in blankets, stating the reason for her long movie absence was because of a condition she had had since childhood.

In absence of external interventions, the umbilical cord occludes physiologically shortly after birth, explained both by a swelling and collapse of Wharton's jelly in response to a reduction in temperature and by vasoconstriction of the blood vessels by smooth muscle contraction.

However, Fey temporarily left the show after giving birth to her first child and was replaced briefly by Horatio Sanz as co-anchor ( Sanz wore horn-rimmed glasses during Fey's absence ).

The brain develops after birth and adapts its function to the sensory input ; absence of this has functional consequences for the brain, and consequently congenitally deaf children who receive cochlear implants at a young age ( less than 2 years ) have better success with them than congenitally deaf children who first receive the implants at a later age, though the critical period for utilizing auditory information does not close completely until adolescence.

Indeed, his mother suffered a postpartum haemorrhage after giving birth to him, almost dying due to the absence of any doctors or midwives in the village.

The child dies soon after, however ( he is inadvertently absorbed by Madrox into his own body, due to a mix-up of the condition of his birth and Jamie's mutant powers ), and Siryn falls into deep mourning for both her losses, and takes a brief leave of absence from the team.

The 1991 documentary Djembefola by Laurent Chevallier depicts Mamady Keïta's return to the village of his birth after a 26-year absence.

* Agenesis of the corpus callosum, a rare birth defect in which there is a complete or partial absence of the corpus callosum

Originally intended as a means of compensating women whose absence from the workforce reduced their superannuation contributions, the scheme offered a cash payment to women on the birth of their first and second children, or the first two children born after the election.

In his absence and unbeknownst to him, she gives birth to their child, a son whom she names Trouble.

In the absence of a birth certificate, the recruiting officer took the senior Oliva's word that his son was old enough to enlist in the fight against communism.

Multiple factors can determine whether the disease progresses, including overall health, birth weight, the stage of ROP at initial diagnosis, and the presence or absence of " plus disease ".

Her absence from Maskerade seemed to confirm that Magrat had retired from her career as a witch, but after Princess Esmerelda's birth she was forced to assume the Mother role in the coven when Granny Weatherwax decided to temporarily step down during the events of Carpe Jugulum.

In his absence, Eliza gave birth to a third child, a daughter she called Rosalie, in December 1810.

During Nina's long absence from Genoa City, it was revealed that Jill's son Phillip was switched shortly after birth by a jealous and alcoholic Katherine.

* DiGeorge syndrome, a disease in which hypoparathyroidism can occur due to a total absence of the parathyroid glands at birth.

They are jealous, of course, and when the tsar goes off to war, and in his absence the tsaritsa gives birth to a son, Prince Gvidon ( Gvidón ), they arrange to have her and her child sealed up in a barrel and thrown into the sea.

Before the birth of her younger brother, she was assumed to become Queen of Norway in the absence of a male heir, although this would have required a constitutional amendment, as women could not inherit the throne at the time.