Some anthropologists, such as Lloyd Fallers and Clifford Geertz, focused on processes of modernization by which newly independent states could develop.

Some states also define assault as an attempt to menace ( or actual menacing ) by placing another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.

Sources disagree, as may differing states ' laws, as to what category of plea the Alford plea falls under: Some sources state that the Alford guilty plea is a form of nolo contendere, where the defendant in the case states " no contest " to the factual matter of the case as given in the charges outlined by the prosecution.

Some states still prohibit hunting in various degrees on Sundays.

Some altered states occur naturally ; others can be produced by drugs or brain damage.

Some states conducted limited censuses for various purposes, and these are typically located in state archives.

Some states, such as Virginia, do not provide for any class actions, while others, such as New York, limit the types of claims that may be brought as class actions.

Some states permit plaintiff's counsel to settle for all the mass action plaintiffs according to a majority vote, for example.

Some Christians adhere to New Covenant theology, which states that Jews have rejected Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God have ceased being the Chosen People.

Some of the princes of these states were Persian client kings ; a disturbing fact in light of increasing tensions with that kingdom.

Some states and store chains have implemented restrictions, such as requiring signatures for DXM sale, limiting quantities allowable for purchase, and requiring that purchasers be over the age of majority in their state.

Some use the term dispute resolution to refer only to alternative dispute resolution ( ADR ), that is, extrajudicial processes such as arbitration, collaborative law, and mediation used to resolve conflict and potential conflict between and among individuals, business entities, governmental agencies, and ( in the public international law context ) states.

Some trajectories may be periodic, whereas others may wander through many different states of the system.

Some of the codes maintain the previous numerical system, particularly for states.

Some states also consider a felony conviction to be grounds for an uncontested divorce.

Some Culture Ministers of the states, especially in Prussia, decided, that the Sedantag would be an official festival in schools.

Some of the existing states, in particular Hanover, were abolished and annexed by Prussia as a result of the war of 1866.

Some monarchical states call this procedure Royal Assent.

Some states have fixed term legislatures, with no option of bringing forward elections ( e. g. Article II, Section 3, of the U. S. Constitution ).

Some states dispute the international acceptance of the right of their deposed monarchs to be referred to by their former title.

Some undefined conversation is shared lazily, the sun sets ; then Marlow states how their location also " has been one of the dark places of the earth.

Some notable pre-colonial states and societies in Africa include the Nok culture, Mali Empire, Ashanti Empire, Kingdom of Mapungubwe, Kingdom of Sine, Kingdom of Saloum, Kingdom of Baol, Kingdom of Zimbabwe, Kingdom of Kongo, Ancient Carthage, Numidia, Mauretania, the Aksumite Empire, the Ajuuraan State and the Adal Sultanate.

Some state legislatures have enacted voucher laws.

Some governments have enacted restrictive gun control legislation that directly affects the shooting sports.

In Emperor Theodosius's edict De fide catholica of 27 February 380, enacted in Thessalonica and published in Constantinople for the whole empire, by which he established Catholic Christianity as the official religion of the empire, he referred to Damasus as a pontifex, while calling Peter an episcopus: "... the profession of that religion which was delivered to the Romans by the divine Apostle Peter, as it has been preserved by faithful tradition and which is now professed by the Pontiff Damasus and by Peter, Bishop of Alexandria ... We authorize the followers of this law to assume the title Catholic Christians ..." Some see in this an implied significant differentiation, but the title pontifex maximus is not used in the text ; pontifex is used instead: "... quamque pontificem damasum sequi claret et petrum alexandriae episcopum ..." ( Theodosian Code XVI. 1. 2 ; and Sozomen, " Ecclesiastical History ", VII, iv.

Some institutes of higher learning, such as the Open University Malaysia, have enacted admission policies favouring bumiputra students.

Some of the laws enacted were to raise $ 50. 00 to take care of the towns poor and that hogs could run at large.

Some of these dances have their origins in the ancient period and are still enacted in some form today.

Some laws were intended to protect the state from the clergy ... others aimed to help the recoup the public treasure, and at the same time sweep away aristocratic privilege ; while still other legislation – especially that of latter date – was enacted for the punishment of opposition to earlier acts and of intrigues against the government " when Francisco Morazán first came to power.

Some states, such as New York ( owing to its Dutch heritage ), have strong civil-law influences, and have enacted laws relating to obligations ; e. g., the General Obligations Law and the General Business Law.

Some laws are still passed retrospectively, in 1990 the Pakistan Act ( which readmitted Pakistan to the Commonwealth ) was one such law, despite being passed on 29 June 1990, section 2 subsection 3 states that " This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st October 1989 ", nine months before it was enacted.

Some states have enacted some of these economic rights, e. g., New York State has enshrined the right to a free education, as well as " the right to organize and to bargain collectively ," and workers compensation, in its constitutional law.

Some parts of the proposal have been enacted, such as efforts to raise the minimum tax threshold in Alabama.

Some of his ideas were enacted, notably those enshrined in the Massachusetts Government Act ; the outrage in London even sparked the sympathetic colonial advocate Thomas Pownall to propose the closure of Boston's port, which was enacted in the Boston Port Act.

Some bills are enacted without a " safety clause " which makes it possible to petition to subject those bills to a referendum before they take effect, and have an effective date in August following the legislative session unless otherwise provided.

Some have argued that Shostakovich's inclusion of these songs make more explicit in the symphony the actual chain of consequences as well as events being explicitly portrayed — namely, that had Tsar Nicholas II listened to the people's demands and liberalized the government in 1905 to the point where widespread social change was enacted, there would not have been a recurrence of protest 12 years later to topple him from power.

Some degree of recurrence in place and repetition over time of ritual action is necessary for cult to be enacted, to be practiced " Cult is embodied in ritual and ceremony.

Some common examples of NTB's are anti-dumping measures and countervailing duties, which, although they are called " non-tariff " barriers, have the effect of tariffs once they are enacted.

Some governments have enacted laws creating a rebuttable presumption that shared parenting is in the best interests of children.

Some states have enacted laws that mandate additional family and medical leave for workers in a variety of ways.

Some states have enacted their own FMLAs that have a lower threshold for employer coverage:

Some jurisdictions have enacted breed-specific legislation in response to a number of well-publicized incidents involving pit bull-type dogs or other dog breeds commonly used in dog fighting, and some government organizations such as the United States Army and Marine Corps have taken administrative action as well.

Some provinces and states in North America ( e. g. California, Ontario, Massachusetts, Ohio, Washington ) have enacted laws to eliminate non-use fees or expirations, but because the laws often only apply to single-merchant cards buyers have to review the gift card conditions prior to purchase to determine exact restrictions and fees.

Some scholars would restrict the term to reenactments, but most accept its extension to real or simulated union in the promotion of fertility: such an ancient union of Demeter with Iasion, enacted in a thrice-plowed furrow, a primitive aspect of a sexually-active Demeter reported by Hesiod, is sited in Crete, origin of much early Greek myth.

Some states enacted oppressive measures.