Sentences with phrase «acknowledged set of customs»

Out of the Christian impulse, although utilizing concepts derived from pre-Christian Rome and Greece, international law arose as a generally acknowledged set of customs for the regulation of intercourse between states.

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[141] He also emphasised that connection to country must be current [142] and that a «mere» connection with land or waters is insufficient; as set out in NTA 223 (1)(b), the connection must be «by those laws and customs» — that is «because of» or «as a result of» traditional laws acknowledged and traditional customs observed.
The second of the criteria required by the NTA to satisfy the definition of native title or native title rights and interests that are possessed under the traditional laws and customs acknowledged and observed by the Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders is set out in s223 (1)(b):
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