Whether or not Danchin is correct in suggesting that Thompson's resumption of the opium habit also dates from this period is, of course, a matter of conjecture.

Concluding quickly that since a writ of mandamus, by definition, was the correct judicial means to order an official of the United States ( in this case, the Secretary of State ) to do something required of him ( in this case, deliver a commission ), Marshall devotes the remainder of his inquiry at the second part of the question: " Whether it writ can issue from this court.

Whether the details of the agreement with Comyn are correct or not, King Edward moved to arrest Bruce while Bruce was still at the English court.

Whether the woman you are addressing is married or unmarried, has changed her name or not, Ms. is always correct.

Whether the correct spelling of the city and county is " La Porte " or " LaPorte " is disputed, although state law refers to " LaPorte County.

Whether the correct spelling of the city and county is La Porte or LaPorte is disputed.

Whether Vasari is correct in saying he learned it from Leonardo's works is unclear — he is always keen to ascribe all advances to Florentine sources.

Whether the old text was already too deeply rooted, or whether Rabbenu Tam did not correct these verbal forms consistently and grammatically, the old perfects are still retained at the beginning of the formula, although a future meaning is given to them.

Whether this creates the correct production level of writings and music is an open question.

Whether this is statistically correct or a self-fulfilling correlation remains under debate.

Whether the theory is correct or not, those birds with large vocabularies are socially dominant and breed more successfully.

Whether the contestants agreed or disagreed correctly determined the value of a correct answer.

Whether the treatment is correct is debatable — when Li Shou claimed the throne in 338, he did not acknowledge his throne as having been inherited from Li Xiong's line, and indeed, while continuing the worship of Li Xiong, maintained it in a separate temple.

Whether or not this is correct, Cornish was her first language.

Whether or not this is a serious road hazard is dependent on many parameters, including the speed of the vehicle, the tires fitted to the vehicle, the road surface, and the driver's ability to predict and correct for situations that may result in a rollover.

Whether his way would have worked is open to debate, however, in one sense he was correct — in 1844 the Methodist church did split along exactly the lines that he predicted, and only twenty years after his death the nation was plunged into war as the time for talking about slavery ended.

Whether or not this view is correct, Aristo clearly thought he doing something more positive than playing the Cynic and trying to undermine the roots of the Stoic system:

Whether there even is an objectively correct interpretation is not important for the purposes of helping guide individuals ' behavior.

Whether born in the manor or not, it seems substantially correct that West Tilbury is the legitimate placing for him, for the following reasons.

Whether he is correct or not, may however be knowable only with the benefit of hindsight, long after the action occurred ; the total effect of a strategic political decision may not be known until years or even decades after it was taken.

Whether a worm and gear will be self-locking depends on the lead angle, the pressure angle, and the coefficient of friction ; however, it is approximately correct to say that a worm and gear will be self-locking if the tangent of the lead angle is less than the coefficient of friction.

Whether or not a coin was actually made by the party as claimed was of secondary importance compared to whether or not it contains the correct amount of metal-that is, correct weight and fineness ( purity ).

Whether Devic's disease is a distinct disease or part of the wide spectrum of multiple sclerosis is debated.

Whether the anti-settling additive is nanosphere-based or surfactant-based, their addition decreases the packing density of the ferroparticles while in its activated state, thus decreasing the fluids on-state / activated viscosity, resulting in a " softer " activated fluid with a lower maximum apparent yield stress.

Whether one street is preferable to another depends not only on the quality of the road, but also on the density of the flow.

Whether his body actually inflates, as in takes in air, or his individual cells expand, decreasing his overall density while increasing his overall dimensions is not known.

Whether the compromises -- on both sides -- that made possible the interim appointment can then be repeated remains to be seen.

Whether hand laid or built in a mould, FRP boats usually have an outer coating of gelcoat which is a thin solid colored layer of polyester resin that adds no structural strength, but does create a smooth surface which can be buffed to a high shine and also acts as a protective layer against sunlight.

Whether and under what conditions this final aim can in fact be stably achieved is a difficult question, and it will be considered in the section devoted to the effects of coercion.

Whether a statement is meant to be an identity or an equation can usually be determined from its context.

* Whether they need to be run on the same machine as the program that has the vulnerability ( local ) or can be run on one machine to attack a program running on another machine ( remote ).

Whether or not particular forms of " work " can be called child labour depends on the child's age, the type and hours of work performed, the conditions under which it is performed and the objectives pursued by individual countries.

Whether a material is an insulator depends on its band gap, the energy needed by an electron to make it a conduction electron so it can move freely.

" Whether constructed languages can be copyrighted was tested in court in the example of Loglan and its derivative Lojban.

Whether understood purely declaratively or both declaratively and procedurally, the programmer can use the declarative reading of programs to ensure their correctness.

Whether the collective body of the Parliament can be impeached of high treason?

Whether any person, acting by authority of Parliament, can ( so long as he acting by that authority ) commit treason?

Whether matters, acted by that authority, can be called in question in an inferior court?

Whether a king de jure, and out of possession, can have treason committed against him?

Whether these works can be accurately called " murals " is a subject of some controversy in the art world, but the technique has been in common use since the late 19th century.

Whether by coagulation or radiation pressure, once the particles are at this lower atmospheric level cloud seeding can begin, permitting precipitation to wash the smoke aerosol out of the atmosphere by the wet deposition mechanism.

Whether nominalism can truly account for all of the relevant phenomena is often debated.

Whether the battle can be considered true siege warfare is debatable.

Whether they are looking for speed or test depth, they can use combinatorial test design methods to build structured variation into their test cases.

Whether food is prepared with precision in a fine dining restaurant, picked from a dumpster, plucked, devoured, or even consumed by a wild animal, meaning can always be extracted from the way a certain food has been prepared and the context in which it is served.

Whether Magnus managed to defeat him in war or not, " you can never be called king in England, and you will never be granted any allegiance there before you put an end to my life.

Whether expressed in a sit-in at lunch counters, a freedom ride into Mississippi, a peaceful protest in Albany, Georgia, a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, these are outgrowths of Thoreau's insistence that evil must be resisted and that no moral man can patiently adjust to injustice.

Whether smart growth ( or the ' Compact City ') does or can reduce problems of automobile dependency associated with urban sprawl have been fiercely contested issues over several decades.