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" Lacking the power of judicial review, English courts possessed no means by which to declare government statutes or acts invalid as a violation of due process.
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Lacking and power
Lacking the respected and effective institutions that consensus helps provide, minority parties, such as the P.D.I. in 1957 and the progressive Istiqlal faction in 1958, clamor for elections when out of power, but are not at all certain they wish to be controlled by popular choice when in power.
Lacking coal reserves, hydroelectric power, large tracts of forest or commercially viable oil deposits, Jordan relies on natural gas for 10 % of its domestic energy needs.
Lacking a solid power base in the Empire, his rule remained contested by the mighty House of Luxembourg, though Wenceslaus himself did not take any action to regain his title.
Lacking a flowing stream that would have provided water power, Richland never developed significant industry and remained a sleepy farm community until the late twentieth century.
Lacking any military power of his own, he had to play Duan, Zhili leader Cao Kun, and Fengtian leader Zhang Zuolin against each other to stay in power.
Lacking the amateur boxing experience common to most Western professional boxers, Khaosai's skills originally were limited, and he relied on toughness and his fearsome punching power to win.
Lacking the power to put down the revolt unaided, Don Pedro made an alliance with the Black Prince.
Lacking sufficient fuel to attempt a dock at the other end of the station and with battery power for only two days, they returned to Earth.
Lacking a son to succeed her, she tried to vest power in the Ngola Kanini family and arranged for her sister to marry João Guterres Ngola Kanini and to succeed her.
Lacking a sovereign power, the Parisians let fear, hatred, and prejudice became the seeds of the September Massacres.
Lacking patrons or allies, holding no real power as a group, Caitiff are held in contempt by the Camarilla.
Lacking the power to repair the timelines, they concocted this scheme of recruiting heroes from various worlds to do their work for them.
Lacking a feudal system of vassal loyalty made it impossible for any prince, early on, to gain enough influence and power to project a strong force against any invaders.
Lacking an internal power source, it remains inert until it is powered by the scanner.
Lacking suitable beasts of burden and inhabiting domains often too mountainous or boggy for wheeled transport, the ancient civilizations of the Americas did not develop wheeled transport or the mechanics associated with animal power.
Lacking a feudal system of vassal loyalty made it impossible for any prince, early on, to gain enough influence and power to project a strong force against any invaders.
Lacking and review
Channel 4's review of the film states: " Lacking any real depth or complexity, the film relies on sterling performances from the cast, with Rains and his victim Caufield superb, and Curtiz's uncharacteristically quirky direction for its success.
Lacking and English
He wrote several chess books including Chess Springbok, My Book of Fun and Games, Grosse Remispartien ( in German ; an English edition entitled Draw !, edited by John Nunn, was published in 1982 ), and Lacking the Master Touch ( 1970 ).
" Lacking investors, many Brazilian directors co-produced English films.
Lacking and possessed
" Lacking in brilliant qualities ", according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, " he was possessed of piety, zeal, and activity.
Lacking and no
Lacking allies, Charles Albert was no match for the Austrian army.
Lacking assistance because of injuries to the other members of his repair party and severely wounded himself, Peterson, with no concern for his own life, closed the bulkhead stop valves and in so doing received additional burns which resulted in his death.
Lacking any commonly recognized, impartial judge, there is no way to correct these misapplications.
Lacking precious metals to mint more coins, the government in 1831 issued an additional 300, 000 phoenixes as paper currency with no underlying assets to back them.
Lacking adequate tuition revenues, the university and its personnel sacrificed their development and economic well-being in order to provide educational opportunities for students who had no other options.
Lacking representation from all of the states, the Convention made no suggestions for changing the Articles but instead drafted a report that led to the creation of a Constitutional Convention the following year to create an entirely new governing document.
Lacking a local militia or garrison of soldiers, there were no military stores ; uniforms had to be fashioned from scratch.
Lacking and means
Lacking even modest government-directed land reforms, illegal squatting became the primary means for poor people to gain land throughout the early 1970s.
Lacking means since his inheritance was confiscated, he acquired a modest house in a lower-class neighborhood of Rome.
Lacking the means needed for wholesale conquest of large territories, his tactics consisted of raids in the border regions of Vardulia.
Lacking modern means of environmental temperature control, experimentalists struggled with continual fringe drift even though the interferometer might be set up in a basement.
Lacking modern means of environmental temperature control, experimentalists struggled with continual fringe drift even though the interferometer might be set up in a basement.
Lacking means of reconnaissance, he devised a plan to armour a train with iron plates, machine gun and cannon.
Lacking a job often means lacking social contact with fellow employees, a purpose for many hours of the day, lack of self-esteem, and mental stress.
Lacking a means for dealing with large numbers of captured troops early in the American Civil War, the U. S. and Confederate governments relied on the traditional European system of parole and exchange of prisoners.
Lacking the proper means to create their own warjacks the Mercenaries have created their own by scavenging discarded and out of date parts, which they've refitted into working ' jacks capable of doing battle with newer ones.
Lacking the means to make the surface of its pictures unpredictable and important, the first phase of Pictorialism, Stieglitz's phase, emulated the fine graphic arts, re-invented the beautiful look, set standards for gorgeousness of composition, and faded.
Lacking " hire and fire " authority means that a supervisor may not recruit the employees working in the supervisor's group nor does the supervisor have the authority to terminate an employee.
Lacking budget authority means that a supervisor is provided a budget developed by management within which constraints the supervisor is expected to provide a productive environment for the employees of the supervisor's work group.
Lacking and by
Lacking any source of adequate funds, they revived an 1864 Haitian law, discovered by Butler, requiring peasants to perform labor on local roads in lieu of paying a road tax.
Lacking a digestive system, they consume their food by surrounding and absorbing it.
Lacking the support of the formerly independent vassals and weakened by the increasing hostility of the Church, the monarchy lost its pre-eminence.
Lacking an airport, the islands can be reached only by sea.
Lacking immunity to the newcomers ' diseases, the population was decimated by the mid-nineteenth century.
Lacking telescopes to work with, he increased his accuracy by increasing the length of his sextant ; the so-called Fakhri sextant had a radius of about 36 meters ( 118 ft ) and the optical separability of 180 " ( seconds of arc ).
Lacking a numeric keypad, the A600 is only slightly larger than a standard PC keyboard ( 14 " long by 9. 5 " deep by 3 " high and weighing approximately 6 pounds ).
Lacking a strong political representation in a state dominated by Pashtuns, minority communities commonly looked to pious learned or charismatically revered pirs ( saints ) for leadership.
Lacking a clear winner by constitutional standards, the election had to be decided by the House of Representatives pursuant to the Constitution's contingency election provision.
Lacking pads, the tentacles stick to prey by virtue of their ridged surface.
Lacking any formal musical training, he needed a teacher, and was introduced by Kateřina Kolářová's mother to Josef Proksch, head of the Prague Music Institute – where Kateřina was now studying.
Lacking an operating repository, however, the federal government owes to the utilities somewhere between $ 300 and $ 500 million per year in compensation for failing to comply with the contract it signed to take the spent nuclear fuel by 1998.
Lacking the influence of American pioneers such as Big Star and Raspberries, these bands were more directly inspired by 1960s beat music bands, particularly The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles.
Lacking the resources to continue the struggle, James then became reconciled to his brother Peter, and in 1311 the former was succeeded by his son Sanç I, or Sancho I, who founded the cathedral of Perpignan shortly before his death in 1324.
Lacking in support from either the military or the political parties, Abe was replaced by Mitsumasa Yonai in January 1940.
Lacking the political judgement of his father, he began to upset this by moving into more dangerous areas.
Lacking customers and faced with dwindling funds, they are eventually hired by the Sedgewick Hotel to investigate a haunting.
Lacking a mouth, opalines feed by taking in nutrients from their surroundings by pinocytosis.
Lacking the other protagonists ' " advantage " of getting better every time he is injured, Krillin is however recognized as having great technique by Vegeta ( a rather impressive fact considering how the said character respects none but himself ) and of being the strongest human on Earth by Yamcha, though he does say this to Krillin's daughter Marron.
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