Some evidence indicates that during armoured combat the intention was to actually get around the armour rather than through it — according to a study of skeletons found in Visby, Sweden, a majority of the skeletons showed wounds on less well protected legs.

In a historical or geopolitical sense the term usually refers collectively to Christian majority countries or countries in which Christianity dominates or was a territorial phenomenon .“ Christendom is originally a medieval concept steadily to have evolved since the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the gradual rise of the Papacy more in religio-temporal implication practically during and after the reign of Charlemagne ; and the concept let itself to be lulled in the minds of the staunch believers to the archetype of a holy religious space inhabited by Christians, blessed by God, the Heavenly Father, ruled by Christ through the Church and protected by the Spirit-body of Christ ; no wonder, this concept, as included the whole of Europe and then the expanding Christian territories on earth, strengthened the roots of Romance of the greatness of Christianity in the world .”

Constitutional rights are protected under common law and are strengthened by the Bill of Rights Act 1990 and Human Rights Act 1993, although these are not entrenched and can be overturned by Parliament with a simple majority.

During the secession crisis, but prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, the majority of slavery-related bills had protected slavery.

The majority of Owen's Southsea is now protected by a number of Conservation Areas or by being Listed Buildings.

In designing such a system, Hayek believed that it could maintain a protected sphere by protecting against abuses by the ruling power, be it a monarch ( e. g. Bill of Rights 1689 ), the will of the majority in a democracy ( e. g. the US Constitution ) or the administration ( e. g. the Rechtsstaat ).

This and the surrounding Halvergate Marshes are specially protected, and the majority of the area is now owned by conservation organisations, principally the RSPB.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist Chief Justice William Rehnquist's majority opinion relied upon Roberts v. United States Jaycees, 468 U. S. 609, 622 ( 1984 ), in which the Supreme Court said: " Consequently, we have long understood as implicit in the right to engage in activities protected by the First Amendment a corresponding right to associate with others in pursuit of a wide variety of political, social, economic, educational, religious, and cultural ends.

Justice Kennedy's majority opinion, based on the liberty interest protected in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, stated that the Texas anti-sodomy statute touched " upon the most private human conduct, sexual behavior, and in the most private of places, the home ," and attempted to " control a personal relationship that.

" For example, in the 1964 case Jacobellis v. Ohio, involving whether Ohio could ban the showing of a French film called Les Amants ( French for The Lovers ), the Court ruled that the film was protected by the First Amendment, but could not agree as to a rationale, yielding four different opinions from the majority, with none garnering the support of more than two justices, as well as two dissenting opinions.

A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness.

" The majority decision also held that the intimate, adult consensual conduct at issue here was part of the liberty protected by the substantive component of the Fourteenth Amendment's due process protections.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in Lawrence, ruling that Texas ' state sodomy law was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause ( adult consensual sexual intimacy in one's home is a vital interest in liberty and privacy protected by the Due Process Clause ).

Their forces include Elites, fierce warriors protected by recharging energy shields much like the player's own ; Grunts, which are short, cowardly creatures, usually led by Elites, and who often flee in terror instead of fighting in the absence of a leading Elite ; Jackals, who wear a highly durable energy shield on one arm ; and Hunters, large, powerful creatures with thick armor plates that cover the majority of their bodies.

Instead, the First Peace of Kappel protected both Catholic and Reformed worship, though the provisions of the treaty generally favored the Catholics, who also made up a majority among the seven ruling cantons.

While the paper has in recent times becomes associated with the Quebec nationalist movement, it is important to note that Bourassa himself was in fact opposed to the notion of a separate territorial entity for the majority French-speaking province, believing instead in an Anglo-French conception of Canada in which French-speaking Canadians would see their culture recognized as equal and protected and encouraged from coast to coast.

In the US Supreme court ruling of District of Columbia v Heller, the majority held that the constitution protected the right to the possession of firearms for the purpose of self-defense " and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home ".

As much as 81, 8 % of the Polish forests are state-owned, majority ( 77, 8 %) by Polish State Forests ( Lasy Panstwowe ), 2 % constitute Polish National Forests protected zones, 2 % are owned by other governmental entities ( such as local self-government or the Agricultural Property Agency ) and 18, 2 % belong to private owners.

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The majority stated that the officers ' occupancy in the rooms was covered under the legal rules of " tenancy " and was protected under the Third amendment.

Justice William Brennan wrote for a five-justice majority in holding that the defendant Gregory Lee Johnson's act of flag burning was protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Most originalists believe that rights should be identified and protected by the majority, either legislatively, or ( where the legislature lacks the power ) via constitutional amendments.

Luckily, the station and the majority of Wilkes-Barre were protected by the levee.

While the river's course and surroundings have remained almost entirely unchanged, the majority of it being protected by the Snowy River National Park, its flow was drastically reduced in the mid 20th century, to less than 1 % ( as measured at Jindabyne ), after the construction of four large dams ( Guthega, Island Bend, Eucumbene, and Jindabyne ) and many smaller diversion structures in its headwaters in New South Wales, as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.

A great majority of roads are paved, and there are both concrete and metal-grill sidewalks alongside the roads.

However the majority of it featured concrete or brick railings as lane dividers instead of grass medians.

In the Church of Sainte Marie de La Tourette Le Corbusier floors the majority of the church in pale concrete panels set to Modulor dimensions.

It consists of a five-phase project to completely reconstruct the existing sewer, water and storm drainage systems as well as pour 10 " concrete roadways in the majority of the villages of Weno.

The majority of the Greenbelt is paved with asphalt or concrete on both sides of the river.

The majority of these were demolished in the late-1960s when a sizeable Greater London Council estate, Leca plan " concrete " construction homes-the Flowers ' Estate-was built to replace them, once more with pre-fabricated dwellings, albeit of a superior design.

Structurally, the Sony Centre is not overly complicated and uses steel trusses and concrete to hold the majority of the building together.

Spilling around the central core of Hamilton and Mainland Streets, most other architecture in Yaletown is newly built on the old derelict yards, the vast majority in a uniform glass and concrete high-rise style.

A few streets retain their original brick pavers and granite curbstones, but the majority are now covered with asphalt and have concrete curbs.

The majority of the old mansions were simply demolished and replaced with high-rise concrete office, or apartment blocks.

The majority of the planted area of the Greenway can be thought of as an intensive type green roof, with a soil depth from 18 " to over 48 " built up on top of a waterproof roof membrane and drainage system that protect the concrete tunnel structures below.

The majority of the building was supported by concrete slabs and columns with only the original 1903-08 building using massive heavy timber construction from the old growth forests that were available near Vancouver at the turn of the 20th century.

Following Callaghan's visit, some barricades were breached, but the majority remained while the people awaited concrete evidence of reform.

Further to the divestment of a majority of the gypsum assets and the fundamental changes to the management structure, the Group has fully refocused on its core businesses of cement, aggregates and concrete.

The majority of the houses are made of " no fines " concrete.

It was long suspected that the viaduct's structure contained concrete, but not until recent borings into the structure were made was it realised that the majority of the bridge was made of the material.

In this form of construction the majority of the dam ’ s structure ( measured by length across the streambed ) is a nominally waterproof earth fill embankment body, with only the powerhouse and ( if so equipped ) the controlled overflow spillway section located within a concrete monolith.

In the early 1960s the majority of the sandstone properties in the village were compulsory purchased by Dumbarton County Council, demolished and replaced by Dumbarton County Council with 1960s Brutalist-style concrete houses and flats ; the majority of which have been replaced by proper houses, own front & back door, by the Cordale Housing Association.

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While the majority of the building is created using concrete, precast and poured-in-place concrete are distinguishable by their different colors and textures.

* An overwhelming majority of buildings in Hong Kong are now built using concrete, and thus are able to withstand substantially higher wind speeds.