The blade consists of ( 3 ) the point – the end of the knife used for piercing ; ( 4 ) the edge – the cutting surface of the knife extending from the point to the heel ; ( 5 ), the grind, the cross section shape of the blade ; ( 6 ) the spine – the thickest section of the blade ; ( 7 ), the fuller, the groove added to lighten the blade ; ( 8 ) the ricasso, the flat section of the blade located at the junction of the blade and the knife's bolster or guard ; ( 9 ) the guard, the barrier between the blade and the handle which prevents the hand from slipping forward onto the blade ( 10 ) the end of the handle, or butt.

Such vehicles are usually expedients, and lack of space prevents the armament of an IFV being carried in addition to an infantry section or squad.

The crossover section may also include a high-pass " infrasonic " filter which prevents the subwoofer driver from attempting to reproduce frequencies below its safe capabilities.

Cross section of a vein showing a valve that prevents backflow

The section of Highway 1 that crosses the Malahat northwest of Victoria has no stoplights yet, but is tightly pinched by rugged terrain that prevents widening to four lanes and sometimes forces closure for hours at a time after a traffic accident.

This prevents a boundary layer from forming on the floor of the working section and affecting the results.

If a person has committed an offense because of entrapment, the Court may stay the proceedings under its inherent jurisdiction to prevent abuses of process ( which prevents the case going ahead ) or exclude evidence under section 78 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

" The court had a generally conservative view of the Constitution, taking narrow interpretations of section 116 ( which guarantees religious freedom ) and section 117 ( which prevents discrimination on the basis of someone's state of origin ), interpretations that were to last well into the 1980s.

The " crushed " section at the top of the boot is an elastic material that prevents snow from entering the cuff.

That provision ( ORC section 3513. 052 ( B )) prevents someone from running for office " if that person, for the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy.

The drawbridge section is closed for a certain period of time to allow trains to pass, which prevents large boats from passing under.

When paying bus fare, the EasyCard machine prevents repeated transactions on the same card until the bus travels into the next paying section.

It also prevents the thundering herd problem occurring since only one thread at a time tries to enter the critical section.

Mitting distinguished two issues which were arguable, the first being whether Professor Turk's opinion that McKinnon would certainly commit suicide if extradited means that the Home Secretary must refuse extradition under section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 ( which prevents a public authority from acting in a way incompatible with convention rights ).

Currently in England and Wales, section 58 of the Children Act 2004 enables parents to justify common assault of their children as “ reasonable punishment ”, but prevents the defence being used in relation to more serious assault charges.

During the 1st century AD, the Army then chose a site to the north of the emerging town in what is now the section of Bonn-Castell to build a large military installation dubbed Castra Bonnensis, i. e., literally, " Fort Bonn ".

On December 9, 1918, the collegiate ( or presidium ) of VCheKa had decided to form a military section, headed by M. S. Kedrov, to combat counterrevolution in the Army.

In early 1919, the military control and the military section of VCheKa were merged into one body, the Special Section of the Republic.

As stated in the U. S. Code, the Commandant shall preside over the Headquarters, Marine Corps, transmit the plans and recommendations of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, to the Secretary and advise the Secretary with regard to such plans and recommendations, after approval of the plans or recommendations of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, by the Secretary, act as the agent of the Secretary in carrying them into effect, exercise supervision, consistent with the authority assigned to commanders of unified or specified combatant commands under chapter 6 of this title, over such of the members and organizations of the Marine Corps and the Navy as the Secretary determines, perform the duties prescribed for him by section 171 of this title and other provisions of law and perform such other military duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as are assigned to him by the President, the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the Navy.

In 1944, a new policy directive decreed that homosexuals were to be committed to military hospitals, examined by psychiatrists and discharged under Regulation 615-360, section 8.

Kabul Airport also has a military terminal and a section of airport is used by the United States armed forces and the Afghan National Air Force.

The same year, Schwitters suffered his first epileptic seizure, a condition that would exempt him from military service in World War I until the last stages of the conflict, when conscription began to be applied to a far wider section of the population.

The arrival of the troops of the Kumpany Bahadur in 1839 spawned the foundation of the new section, the military cantonment.

The early choice of colour was dictated by military surplus supplies of aircraft cockpit paint, so early vehicles only came in various shades of light green ; all models until recently feature sturdy box section ladder-frame chassis.

There are a number of specialist units within the Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince, which include a motorcycle section ( for rapid-response and motorcycle outriding ); a bodyguard and protection unit ; a diving unit with military, rescue, and scientific capabilities ; a military first-aid unit which provides first-aid and ambulance cover at public and sporting events ; and a military band, which includes state trumpeters, a brass ensemble, and a small orchestra, as well as being a marching band for ceremonial purposes.

In the 1990s and 2000s the personal defense weapon, a compact submachine gun-like firearm which can fire armor-piercing, higher-powered ammunition began to replace the machine pistol as a self-defence side arm for artillery crews, tank crews, and helicopter pilots ( for more details, see the section below on military tactics ).

In 1935 the Nazi government had passed a decree that required all inventions of possible military significance to be reported to the Ministry of War, so in May 1937 Schrader sent a sample of tabun to the chemical warfare ( CW ) section of the Army Weapons Office in Berlin-Spandau.

* a section of the military solely responsible for policing the armed forces ( referred to as provosts )

* a section of the military responsible for policing in both the armed forces and in the civilian population ( most gendarmeries, such as the French Gendarmerie, the Italian Carabinieri and the Portuguese Republican National Guard also known as GNR )

* a section of the military solely responsible for policing the civilian population ( such as the Romanian Gendarmerie )

In such cases, the Purple Heart may be privately purchased by the requestor ( see above section of retroactive requests for further details ) but is no longer provided by the military service department.

Following the severe territorial losses of 1940 ( see next section ), Carol was forced to abdicate, replaced as king by his son Mihai, but the power was taken by the military dictator Ion Antonescu ( initially in conjunction with the Iron Guard ).

Though the Egyptians maintained control of most of the east bank of the Canal, in the later stages of the war, the Israeli military crossed the southern section of Canal, cutting off the Egyptian 3rd Army, and occupied a section of the west bank.

The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who began and completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC during the Samnite Wars.

Another section of the museum features a permanent military exhibition.

Also, " the principal officers of the executive departments " are mentioned in Section 4 of the 25th Amendment, which is an important section concerning the removal of the President when he or she is unable to carry out his duties because of some disability.

Supermarkets are designed to " give each product section a sense of individual difference and this is evident in the design of what are called the anchor departments ; fresh produce, dairy, delicatessen, meat and the bakery ".

Slightly to the south lies Center Benwood, which is the primary residential section of the city and contains Saint John Roman Catholic Church ( established in 1875 ), Saint James and Saint John School, Benwood City Park ( established in 1973 ), the Fourth Street Playground, the city building, the fire, water and police departments, the post office, the Blake Brothers Post No. 46 American Legion and the original Undo's Family Restaurant.

Antioquia () is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea.

The not-self-declared incapacity provision established by section 4 of the 25th Amendment requires action by " the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide "; thefore, the text of the 25th Amendment allows Congress to transfer, by law, the role of the President's Cabinet to another body.

Three fire departments cover the Town of Poughkeepsie ; The Arlington Fire District covers most of the Town, from the southern end to the LaGrange line, from the City line north, and the Fairview Fire Department covers a small 4 mile section in the Northern section of the town near Saint Francis Hospital.

There is a tendency for contractors for the various civilian departments and agencies to locate along the Maryland portion of the Beltway, while defense contractors locate nearer to the Pentagon, along the Virginia section.

Ductil S. A., one of the largest businesses in Buzău, was privatized in 1999 and subsequently diveded by the new majority shareholder, FRO Spa, which kept only the electrods and welding equipment section and sold the other departments.

Large translation departments and translation bureaus will often have a terminology section, or will require translators to do terminology research.

Until 2010, SFK Lyn had two football departments, one professional section and one amateur section.

Metropolitan France and these five overseas departments together are sometimes called France entière (" entire France ") by the French administration, especially by INSEE, although in reality this France entière does not include the French overseas collectivities and territories which have more autonomy than the overseas departments ( read the Origin of the name section below ).

His section was subdivided into five departments:

An extensive site was developed for the Ministry of Pensions in the Norcross section of Carleton and all the government departments moved out in 1940.

Louis Vuitton is one of the world's leading international fashion houses ; it sells its products through standalone boutiques, lease departments in high-end department stores, and through the e-commerce section of its website.

All federal agencies and departments moved their offices years earlier to the Prince Kuhio Federal Building near Honolulu Harbor, except for a small section that retains a post office.

The university consists of 17 departments, 1 teaching section.

Whereas the majority of the former hospital buildings were extended across the entirety of the hospital site, the redevelopment of Whiston Hospital witnessed the centralisation of wards and departments into one single, six-storey complex on a previously cleared section on the north west corner of the site, the original location of the historic workhouse hospital chapel, facilities management service and medical records block.

States relations programs, including categorical grants-in-aid to state health departments, were revamped along the lines of urban planning, as the Comprehensive Health Planning Act ( also known as the Partnership For Health Act of 1966 and its 1967 Amendments ) bypassed state health departments to award grants directly to local government and community not-for-profits, coordinated through state ( so-called " section 314a ") and nongovernmental (" section 314b ") planning agencies.