Some jurisdictions have specialized appellate courts, such as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which only hears appeals raised in criminal cases, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has general jurisdiction but derives most of its caseload from patent cases, on the other hand, and appeals from the Court of Federal Claims on the other.

Some established jurisdictions require adherence to design and historic preservation guidelines.

Some jurisdictions have incorporated the definition of civil assault into the definition of the crime making it a criminal assault to intentionally cause another person to apprehend a harmful or offensive contact.

Some jurisdictions allow force to be used in defense of property, to prevent damage either in its own right, or under one or both of the preceding classes of defense in that a threat or attempt to damage property might be considered a crime ( in English law, under s5 Criminal Damage Act 1971 it may be argued that the defendant has a lawful excuse to damaging property during the defense and a defense under s3 Criminal Law Act 1967 ) subject to the need to deter vigilantes and excessive self-help.

Some jurisdictions also permit the board of directors to appoint directors, either to fill a vacancy which arises on resignation or death, or as an addition to the existing directors.

Some jurisdictions have required formalities to establishing copyright, but most recognize copyright in any completed work, without formal registration.

Some jurisdictions have penal codes written to inflict permanent harsh punishments: legal mutilation, capital punishment or life without parole.

Some countries like the United Kingdom have no entrenched document setting out fundamental rights ; in those jurisdictions the constitution is composed of statute, case law and convention.

Some jurisdictions give priority to motorized traffic, for example setting up one-way street systems, free-right turns, high capacity roundabouts, and slip roads.

Some jurisdictions classify as violent certain property crimes involving a strong likelihood of psychological trauma to the property owner ; for example, Virginia treats both common-law burglary ( the breaking and entering of a dwelling house at night with the intent to commit larceny, assault and battery, or any felony therein ) and statutory burglary ( breaking and entering with further criminal intent but without the dwelling-house or time elements, such that the definition applies to break-ins at any time and of businesses as well as of dwelling houses ) as felonies.

Some governors-general are considered de facto heads of state because, though not the de jure ( juridical or legal ) head of state, in practice they function like a head of state in most or all jurisdictions.

Some activities, known as sex crimes in some locations, are illegal in some jurisdictions, including those conducted between ( or among ) consenting and competent adults ( examples include sodomy law and adult-adult incest ).

Some jurisdictions forbid sexual activity outside of legal marriage completely.

Some jurisdictions also make allowances for young people engaged in sexual acts with each other.

Some jurisdictions forbid first-cousins to marry, while others limit the prohibition to brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, aunts and uncles.

Some jurisdictions require the evaluation to address the defendant's ability to control their behavior at the time of the offense ( the volitional limb ).

Some jurisdictions limit court-ordered treatment to individuals who meet statutory criteria for presenting a danger " to self or others.

Some civil law jurisdictions do, however, have arbitration panels with non-legally trained members decide cases in select subject-matter areas relevant to the arbitration panel members ' areas of expertise.

Some jurisdictions with jury trials allow the defendant to waive their right to a jury trial, this leading to a bench trial.

Some jurisdictions also permit a verdict to be returned despite the dissent of one, two, or three jurors.

Some jurisdictions allow employers to count tips given to their workers as credit towards the minimum wage level.

Some departments and jurisdictions require that an officer ask " do you understand?

Some jurisdictions provide the right of a juvenile to remain silent if their parent or guardian is not present.

Some pluralist systems, such as Scots law in Scotland and so-called civil law jurisdictions in Quebec and Louisiana, do not precisely fit into the dual " common-civil " law system classifications.

Some belief systems, such as those in the Abrahamic tradition, hold that the dead go to a specific plane of existence after death, as determined by a god, gods, or other divine judgment, based on their actions or beliefs during life.

Some Rabbis hold that it must have been carried off to Babylon, while others hold that it must have been hidden lest it be carried off into Babylon and never brought back.

Some traditions hold that Aristobulus of Britannia, one of the Seventy Disciples, was the brother of Barnabas.

Some groups of individuals who hold basic Protestant tenets identify themselves simply as " Christians " or " born-again Christians ".

Some virtue ethicists hold that consequentialist theories totally disregard the development and importance of moral character.

Some writers, such as James-Charles Noonan, hold that, in the case of cardinals, the form used for signatures should be used also when referring to them, even in English ; and this is the usual but not the only way of referring to cardinals in Latin .< ref > An Internet search will uncover some hundreds of examples of " Cardinalis Ioannes < surname >", examples modern and centuries-old ( such as this from 1620 ), and the phrase " dominus cardinalis Petrus Caputius " is found in a document of 1250.

Some dancers prefer to hold the arms much lower, similar to conventional ballroom positioning.

Some Christian denominations hold that salvation depends upon transformational faith in Jesus, which expresses itself in good works as a testament ( or witness ) to ones faith for others to see ( primarily Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism ), while others ( including most Protestants ) hold that faith alone is necessary for salvation.

Some deists rejected the claim of Jesus ' divinity but continued to hold him in high regard as a moral teacher ( see, for example, Thomas Jefferson's famous Jefferson Bible and Matthew Tindal's Christianity as Old as the Creation ).

Some hold that knowledge of any kind can only be gained a priori, while others claim that some knowledge can also be gained a posteriori.

Some forms of Buddhism hold belief in cycles in which life span of human beings changes according to human nature.

Some Shaivites hold the view that he is incessantly destroying and creating the world.

Some scientists hold that H. floresiensis was a modern H. sapiens with pathological dwarfism.

Some foundationalists, such as St. Augustine of Hippo and Alvin Plantinga, hold that all of our beliefs rest ultimately on beliefs accepted by faith.

Some hold that singing in the Spirit is identified with singing in tongues in, which they hold to be " spiritual or spirited singing ", as opposed to " communicative or impactive singing " which Paul refers to as " singing with the understanding ".

Some of these mass relations hold approximately, but most don't ( see Georgi-Jarlskog mass relation ).

Some scholars hold that the Soviet Union was a hybrid entity containing elements common to both multinational empires and nation states.

Some Asian countries hold bilateral agreements to irradiate exotic fruits for quarantine purposes and export it to the USA.

Some who hold this theory regard the Limbo of Infants as a state of maximum natural happiness, others as one of " mildest punishment " consisting at least of privation of the beatific vision and of any hope of obtaining it.

Some sets include racks to hold tiles ( if they are shaped small or differently ).

* Some scholars hold that there has been extensive editorial reshaping of the stories and statements within the Mishnah ( and later, in the Talmud.