The United States mandated the acceptance of the metric system in 1866 for commercial and legal proceedings, without displacing their customary units.

Such customary international law is established by the general practice of nations together with their acceptance that such practice is required by law.

Some customary international laws rise to the level of jus cogens through acceptance by the international community as non-derogable rights, while other customary international law may simply be followed by a small group of states.

Most multi-lateral treaties fall short of achieving such a near universal degree of formal acceptance, and are dependent upon their provisions being regarded as representing customary international law and, by this indirect route, as binding upon non-parties.

* Even if the rule is new, the drafting of the treaty provision may be the impetus for its adoption in the practice of states, and it is the subsequent acceptance of the rule by states that renders it effective as part of customary law.

While it is customary for marriage contracts to be written down, particularly when the bride and groom wish to make any stipulations, classical jurists required only oral offer and acceptance for the contract's validity.

" Like his brother Baldwin III, he was more of an academic than a warrior, who studied law and languages in his leisure time: " He was well skilled in the customary law by which the kingdom was governed – in fact, he was second to no one in this respect.

For non-executive heads of state there is often a degree of censorship by the politically responsible government ( such as the head of government ), discreetly approving agenda and speeches, especially where the constitution ( or customary law ) assumes all political responsibility by granting the crown inviolability ( in fact also imposing political emasculation ) as in the Kingdom of Belgium from its very beginning ; in a monarchy this may even be extended to some degree to other members of the dynasty, especially the heir to the throne.

After losing his customary cool with the warden over the issue, and spending a couple of months in solitary confinement as a result, Andy resigns himself to the fact that the prospect for his legal vindication has become non-existent.

According to a customary Inuit saying " The great peril of our existence lies in the fact that our diet consists entirely of souls.

This name might refer to the act of cleaning, or to the fact that churches would switch liturgical colors from the dark tones of Lent, or because it was customary to shear the beard on that day, or for a combination of reasons.

It was customary for centuries for the longest-serving of the six Cardinal Bishops of suburbicarian sees to be Dean, and this was in fact required by canon law from 1917 until 1965, when Pope Paul VI empowered the six to elect the Dean from among their number.

This fact alone presents a reasonable argument for the existence of a British oppidum or walled village on the site, it being customary for such primitive communities to cluster in the vicinity of a ford or bridge.

Some have claimed him to be an early skeptic of the case for global warming on the basis of a lead editorial in the magazine dated March 31, 1990 in which he wrote, " f the global warming situation is analyzed applying the customary standards of scientific inquiry one must conclude that there has been more hype than solid fact.

Since 1979, it has been customary to place the gelada in its own particular genus ( Theropithecus ), though some genetic research suggests this monkey should in fact be grouped with its papionine kin ; other researchers have classified this species even farther distant from Papio.

At this time it was in fact customary to decorate the inside surface merely with a gorgon face.

/* One testimony to the richness of its economy, culture and traditions, is the fact that the people of this hamlet seem to have celebrated many weddings, the streets resonating with the customary Nadaswaram Music.

The fact that no nuclear weapons have been used since 1945, for example, does not render their use illegal on the basis of a customary obligation because the necessary opinio juris was lacking.

In fact, his status helped him, as it had become customary for former slaves to enter the military organization and even reach high positions in it.

In fact, feudal justice was a labyrinth of specific customs and rules in nearly endless variation, not governed by any clear legal logic, and subject to significant historical evolution in time, though the largely customary law tended by nature to be quite conservative.

The largest of these organizations at present denies to the full time educator any vote on the conduct and standards of the group and, indeed, refuses him even the right to attach the customary initials after his name in the college catalog.

In theory, divine, natural, customary, and constitutional law still held sway over the king, but, absent a superior spiritual power, it was difficult to see how they could be enforced, since the king could not be tried by any of his own courts.

This is customary with Tibetans upon completing any Buddhist practice, including the practice of the prayer wheel.

Many international lawyers, in addition, believe that the Declaration forms part of customary international law and is a powerful tool in applying diplomatic and moral pressure to governments that violate any of its articles.

Robbins then announced he did not want to choreograph the show, but changed his mind when Prince agreed to an eight-week dance rehearsal period ( instead of the customary four ), since there was to be more dancing in West Side Story than in any previous Broadway show, and allowed Robbins to hire Peter Gennaro as his assistant.

It is customary for couples who wish a religious — or any other — ceremony to hold one separately from the civil wedding.

For example, customary international law allows the prosecution of pirates by any country ( applying universal jurisdiction ), even if they did not commit crimes at the area that falls under this country's law.

There are many estates with true châteaux on them in Bordeaux, but it is customary for any wine-producing estate, no matter how humble, to prefix its name with " Château ".

On weekdays, this reading is divided into three ; it is customary to call a Kohen for the first reading ( aliyah ), a Levite for the second reading, and a member of any other Tribe of Israel to the third reading.

Napoleon never gave a title of nobility to any of his commanders, as was customary following a great victory.

In this approach, the state of the system can be described by any type of generalized coordinates q ; the laws of motion need not be expressed in a Cartesian coordinate system, as was customary in Newtonian mechanics.

* In academic fields, it is customary in the U. S. to refer to those holding any level of professorship ( professor, assistant professor, associate professor, etc.

# or on which the inhabitants of any locality have a customary right to indulge in lawful sports and pastimes

The latter was immediately smitten and ordered her brought in ( as was customary for any woman that caught the Duke's eye ) through the back door.

It was thus customary to pause in order to drink water or break any work rhythm before resuming the job at hand in order to prevent any misfortune from occurring.

For example, in many formerly Communist countries from what used to be the Eastern Bloc it may be customary to offer expensive gifts to doctors and nurses for the delivery of service at any level of medical care in the non-private health sector.

But it was Qianlong who lavished the greatest attention on it, certainly of any of the Manchu rulers .... One of the many roles played by Qianlong, with his customary diligence, was that of the emperor as collector and curator.

Consequently, on May 10, 1801, the Pasha declared war on the U. S., not through any formal written documents but in the customary Barbary manner of cutting down the flagstaff in front of the U. S. Consulate.

These are drafted to include any international treaty obligations and the customary laws of war.

" article in Vedomosti, arguing that " authoritarianism in its current Russian form does not meet many key humanitarian requirements customary for any country that wishes to consider itself modern and European.

A medical definition of a permanent vegetative state can be made if, after exhaustive testing and a customary 12 months of observation, a medical diagnosis that it is impossible by any informed medical expectations that the mental condition will ever improve.

However, there are cases where native customary lands have been appropriated by oil palm plantations without any form of consultation or compensation, leading to social conflict between the plantations and local residents.

On the death of Diogenes, bishop of Edessa, in the year 411-412 Rabbula was chosen his successor, and at once accepted the position offered him, without any of the customary show of reluctance.