For instance, if a state fatwā council made abortion acceptable in the first trimester without any medical reason, that would have direct impact on official procedures in hospitals and courts in that country.

The Midrash linking a verse to a halakha will often function as a proof of a law's authenticity ; a correct elucidation of the Torah carries with it the support of the halakhah, and often the reason for the rule's existence ( although many rabbinical laws have no direct Biblical source ).

Whatever other vicissitudes his views went through, he firmly retained his belief in the direct and inextricable connection between human liberty and expansion into space — for which reason he strongly cried out against any idea of space exploration being " a waste of money " or " unnecessary luxury ".

* French raison is derived directly from Latin, and this is the direct source of the English word " reason ".

Many writers ( such as Nikos Kazantzakis ) extol passion and disparage reason ; while in politics modern nationalism is a direct result of Rousseau's argument that rationalist cosmopolitanism brings man ever further from his natural state.

Opponents of holding non-binding plebiscites include monarchist David Flint, who described this process as " inviting a vote of no confidence in one of the most successful constitutions in the world ," and minimalist republican Greg Craven, who states " a multi-option plebiscite inevitably will produce a direct election model, precisely for the reason that such a process favours models with shallow surface appeal and multiple flaws.

It is for this reason that we cannot make any direct statements about God.

The most substantial reason for not using handwriting analysis in the employment process is the absence of evidence of a direct link between handwriting analysis and various measures of job performance

Kant asserts that to " transcend " a direct observation or experience is to use reason and classifications to strive to correlate with the phenomena that are observed.

" Mellor considered direct action a tool of both owners and workers and for this reason he included within his definition lockouts and cartels, as well as strikes and sabotage.

Headquarters needs to know that the troops are perfectly capable of forming a good plan for taking a specific objective, and the troops need to know that Headquarters does not direct them to achieve certain objectives without good reason.

Judging that the direct intervention of King Carlos was a principal reason for the events of 1908, he declared that he would reign, but not govern.

However, according to a tradition among the direct disciples of Ibn ‘ Arabī, Hūd explained that the real reason for their gathering was to welcome him ( Ibn ‘ Arabī ) as the Seal of Muhammadan Sainthood ( khatm al-wilāya al-muḥammadiyya ), the supreme heir ( Addas 76 ).

The reason for this is that static above ground forts can not survive modern direct or indirect fire weapons larger than mortars, RPGs and small arms.

What lived in time belonged to eternity ; the microcosm was the epitome of the macrocosm ;, the reason which reigned in man interpreted the law that was revealed in conscience and the power which governed human destiny, while the freedom which man realized was the direct negation both of necessity and of the operation of any fortuitous cause in the cosmos.

For this reason, the Prussian General Staff argued that it was prudent and necessary that the new Empire's frontier with France be under their direct control.

For this reason, ethanol cannot be completely purified by direct fractional distillation of ethanol-water mixtures.

The main reason why the West separated the sacrament of Confirmation from that of Baptism was to re-establish direct contact between the person being initiated with the bishops.

" This special faculty is supposed to allow direct, non-sensual insight, through the use of reason, into the innermost nature of things.

One reason for this action could've been the fear of international pressure and the direct US support of the Sri Lankan Government as part of the War on Terror.

The reason is partly technical ( it is difficult to construct and prove universal generalizations about criticism as a human behaviour ) and partly practical ( it is more useful to understand particular behaviours which are of direct practical concern ).

Jenny and Giles begin dating in the episode " Some Assembly Required ", and his attempts to ask her out force him into facing issues far more frightening than the monsters and demons with which he is familiar, and bring her into direct conflict with her secret reason for being in Sunnydale.

They claimed that the psychological method is the most direct method because it measures intelligence as it is in the present moment by assessing his / her capacity to judge, comprehend, reason, and invent.

The LFG approach has had particular success with nonconfigurational languages, languages in which the relation between structure and function is less direct than it is in languages like English ; for this reason LFG's adherents consider it a more plausible universal model of language.

There was a measure of protection in its concrete walls and ceiling, but the engineers who hastily installed it were well aware that concrete is not much better than prayer, if as efficacious, when a direct hit comes along.

What was only a vague suspicion in the case of Sherlock Holmes now appears as a direct accusation: the private eye is in danger of turning into his opposite.

At this period the thirty-year old Helion was ranked `` as one of the mature leaders of the modern movement '', according to Herbert Read, `` and in the direct line of descent from Cezanne, Seurat, Gris and Leger ''.

Students of anthropology and comparative religion had long been aware that there was, indeed, a direct connection.

The editorial `` Confrontation '' was certainly direct in its appeal to those of us living here in America.

And a gray-haired man whose glance -- direct, lifelike, and mildly accusing -- was contradicted by the gilt and black frame.

The specific staining by both direct and indirect methods showed that WTV antigen was concentrated in the pseudophloem tissue and in a few thick-walled cells in the xylem region, but was not detectable in any other tissues of the root and stem tumors.

Although the present study was not a direct replication of their investigations, the results do not confirm their conclusion.

Metaphysics is no longer a direct grappling with nature as it was in antiquity.

The Providence Daily Journal answered the Daily Post by stating that the raid of John Brown was characteristic of Democratic acts of violence and that `` He was acting in direct opposition to the Republican Party, who proclaim as one of their cardinal principles that they do not interfere with slavery in the states ''.

Bridget's testimony was in direct contradiction.

Even before it was formally dissolved in 1912, the A.L.A.M. was succeeded by the Automobile Board of Trade, the direct lineal ancestor of the present-day Automobile Manufacturers Association.

I think her husband strongly suspects so, and that's why he called me in on the thing in direct defiance of his confederates and almost certainly without telling them why he was doing so.

In fact, the antipathy to outward ceremonies hailed by modern exponents as so uniquely characteristic of the `` direct thinking '' Zennist was a feature of Taoism.

The zero was probably introduced to the Chinese in the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 AD ) when travel in the Indian Ocean and the Middle East would have provided direct contact with India, allowing them to acquire the concept of zero and the decimal point from Indian merchants and mathematicians.

The input ( programs and data ) was to be provided to the machine via punched cards, a method being used at the time to direct mechanical looms such as the Jacquard loom.

The last of his direct descendants to inhabit Abbotsford was his great-great-great-granddaughter Dame Jean Maxwell-Scott ( 8 June 1923-5 May 2004 ).

It is uncertain what the actual role and function of Abraxas was in the Basilidian system, as our authorities often show no direct acquaintance with the doctrines of Basilides himself.

He was mentioned in the Quran as the " second of the two who lay in the cave " in reference to the event of hijra, with Muhammad where they hid in the cave in Jabal Thawr from the Meccan search party that was sent after them, thus being one of few who were given direct reference to in the Quran.

He was also a direct descendant of Abu Bakr from his maternal side, as well as being a paternal descendant of Ali from his father's side.

Greek democracy created at Athens was direct, rather than representative: any adult male citizen of age could take part, and it was a duty to do so.