Andronikos III reorganized the Byzantine navy ( consisted of 10 ships by 1332 ) and reformed the judicial system by forming a panel of four universal judges whom he designated " Universal Justices of the Romans ".

In competitive and professional bodybuilding, bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their appearance.

c. The Harts posed the following question to a panel of 96 experts, half of which were veterinary surgeons and the other half dog obedience trial judges:

Most of the U. S. federal courts of appeal have adopted a rule under which, in the event of any conflict in decisions of panels ( most of the courts of appeal almost always sit in panels of three ), the earlier panel decision is controlling, and a panel decision may only be overruled by the court of appeals sitting en banc ( that is, all active judges of the court ) or by a higher court.

After the regional events, videos of all the teams that competed are sent to a new panel of judges and rescored to rank teams against those against whom they may never have had a chance to compete.

Randi ’ s offer has been publicized for three decades and dozens of people have been tested, sometimes under the scrutiny of an independent panel of judges.

In synchronised diving events, there is a panel of seven, nine, or eleven judges ; two or three to mark the execution of one diver, two or three to mark the execution of the other, and the remaining three or five to judge the synchronisation.

Following the implementation of DADT's repeal, a panel of three judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Phillips ruling.

In January 2005 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appointed a special panel composed of judges, university professors, and civil servants to study changes to the Imperial Household Law and to make recommendations to the government.

In e. g. criminal and family-related proceedings in local courts, the panel of judges may include both lay judges and professional judges, while all appeals courts and administrative courts consist only of professional judges.

Home was on the panel of judges in the Joseph Knight case which ruled that there could be no slavery in Scotland.

The M ' Naghten Rules of 1843 were not a codification or definition of insanity but rather the responses of a panel of judges to hypothetical questions posed by Parliament in the wake of Daniel M ' Naghten's acquittal for the homicide of Edward Drummond, whom he mistook for British Prime Minister Robert Peel.

* 1996 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.

It is distinguished from a bench trial, in which a judge or panel of judges make all decisions.

Serious crimes in this country are tried by a panel of three professional judges and four lay jurors who decide the facts and appropriate penalty if convicted.

This court ( lagmannsretten ) is administered by a three-judge panel ( usually 1 lagmann and 2 lagdommere ), and if 7 or more jury members want to convict, the sentence is set in a separate proceeding, consisting of the three judges and the jury foreman ( lagrettens ordfører ) and three other members of the jury chosen by ballot.

The House of Lords asked a panel of judges, presided over by Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, a series of hypothetical questions about the defence of insanity.

Each panel of judges on the court of appeals for a circuit is bound to obey the prior appellate decisions of the same circuit.

The idea of an international court of justice arose in the political world at the First Hague Peace Conference in 1899, where it was declared that arbitration between states was the easiest solution to disputes, providing a temporary panel of judges to arbitrate in such cases, the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

The Council and Assembly were to bear in mind that the elected panel of judges was to represent every major legal tradition in the League, along with " every major civilization ".

There were three exceptions ; when reviewing Labour Clauses from a peace treaty such as the Treaty of Versailles ( which was done by a special chamber of 5 judges, appointed every 3 years ), when reviewing cases on communications or transport arising from a peace treaty ( which used a similar procedure ) and when hearing summary procedure cases, which were reviewed by a panel of 3 judges.

Ordinary politeness may have militated against this opinion being stated so badly but anyone with a wide acquaintance in both groups and who has sat through the many round tables, workshops or panel discussions -- whatever they are called -- on this subject will recognize that the final, boiled down crux of the matter is education.

Second it is likely that over the lifetime of a vehicle ( in constant service and heavy traffic ) that it will get minor damage now and again, and to be able easily to replace a body panel or window etc.

An advisory panel will evaluate all incoming applications and make recommendations to the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority so successful applicants may be awarded with Fund assistance.

However, 134 of the 137 dies on the wafer will be acceptable, whereas rejection of the whole LCD panel would be a 0 % yield.

Salai owned the Mona Lisa at the time of his death in 1525, and in his will it was assessed at 505 lire, an exceptionally high valuation for a small panel portrait.

In this process, the panel of judges for the court of appeals will review the lower court's reasoning and fact-finding from the beginning, based on the record.

Typically an analog meter will have a panel adjustment to set the zero-ohms calibration of the meter, to compensate for the varying voltage of the meter battery.

The " work " is replaced with a hull cell test panel that will be plated to show the " health " of the bath.

The ruling by the three-judge panel will not allow the suit to be pursued as a class, but instead need proof for why individual smokers chose light cigarettes over regular cigarettes.

It has been postulated a future diagnostic tool for endometriosis will consist of a panel of several biomarkers, including both substance concentrations and genetic predisposition.

Many flat panel LCD monitors have only the DVI-D connection so that a DVI-D male to DVI-D male cable will suffice when connecting the monitor to a computer's DVI-I female connector.

After the film is shown he will have a discussion on stage with the filmmakers or others connected with the film, sometimes hosting a brief panel discussion.

It was revealed during Once Upon a Times 2012 Comic-Con panel in San Diego on July 14th that Captain Hook will make an appearance in the show's second season which will be airing in the fall of 2012 on ABC.

Moving the on-screen character to an action panel or fortress will allow access to that level's playfield, a linear stage populated with obstacles and enemies.

The two layers in high quality construction will both be thick sheets ( as will the third when present ), but the two layers may achieve a combined thickness of only half-that in cheaper construction — panel overlaid by plywood subflooring.

Every two years, a panel will determine whether a property in the rural district shall be absorbed into the urban district.

We will be assembling a blue-ribbon panel to look at the issue.

If left without cleaning, panel edge staining will naturally occur.

For instance, the stiffness of a composite panel will often depend upon the orientation of the applied forces and / or moments.

The panel then determines what will happen to the artifacts.

In this system, two parties will both offer their version of events and argue their case before the court ( sometimes before a judge or panel of judges, sometimes before a jury ).

In some states, jurors are likely to be struck from the panel during voir dire if they will not agree to accept as correct the rulings and instructions of the law as provided by the judge.