Sentences with phrase «act of acknowledgement»

However, for many non-Indigenous people acts of acknowledgement and apology became both paramount and exclusive.

Not exact matches

I have often thought, particularly when working in the diocesan marriage tribunal, that our acknowledgement of the fact of Original Sin gives us such a head start when it comes to understanding human nature, and why people act the way they do.

Finally, it involves self - criticism, the acknowledgement of how one is bound up in the sin of society and has the tendencies which lead to the most vicious acts.

It didn't seem an act of shunning, more an embarrassed acknowledgement that once again they needed their lynchpin to save them from a quandary that they never should have got themselves into.

There are constant acknowledgements that you're watching a movie, and a formulaic one at that (right before the the start of the film's third act, our boy declares that if his plan succeeds, everybody gets to go home early because there'll be no need for a third act).

The issue is probably too complex to resolve, though: Bringing issues like billing order or screen time into what is supposedly an artistic judgment of people's acting work would be too crass an acknowledgement of the awards industry, even by Oscar standards.

In real life, it's argued that people engage in even small acts of altruism because they get something back in return; a smile, an acknowledgement, a feeling of «being good».

Acting as the ps plus version of driveclub does not exist is really disappointing attitude from psn and the lack of acknowledgement insulting.

In light of Gibson's acknowledgement of its conduct, its duties under the Lacey Act and its promised cooperation and remedial actions, the government will decline charging Gibson criminally in connection with Gibson's order, purchase or importation of ebony from Madagascar and ebony and rosewood from India, provided that Gibson fully carries out its obligations under the agreement, and commits no future violations of law, including Lacey Act violations.

In accordance with article 157, c.c., spouses can bring an end with a mutual agreement to the effects of the separation with an «express declaration», intimating that it could be made, orally or in writing by means of a public acknowledgement or private writing, of an act received from a notary or registrar.

In acknowledgement of and in return for their expertise, experience, and judgement, which they are expected to apply in delivering affordable, accessible, up - to - date, reassuring, and reliable services, and on the understanding that they will curate and update their knowledge and methods, train their members, set and enforce standards for the quality of their work, and that they will only admit appropriately qualified individuals into their ranks, and that they will always act honestly, in good faith, putting the interests of clients ahead of their own, we (society) place our trust in the professions in granting them exclusivity over a wide range of socially significant services and activities, by paying them a fair wage, by conferring upon them independence, autonomy, rights of self - determination, and by according them respect and status.

... the evidence demonstrates an interruption to the Larrakia people's connection to their country and in their acknowledgement and observance of their traditional laws and customs so that the laws and customs they now respect and practice are not «traditional» as required by s223 (1) of the NT Act.

[43] Although the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) does not refer to the word «society», the High Court held in Members of the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Community v Victoria (2002) 214 CLR 422 that in order to satisfy the s. 223 references to traditional laws and customs, claimants must be members of a society which is united in and by its acknowledgement of those laws and customs.

The signing of an Acknowledgement of Paternity (AOP) form is an unwed father's first legal act of fatherhood — without it, he has none of the legal rights or responsibilities of parenthood.

You will most likely find that your words of acknowledgement seem to change the way your significant other acts, or at a minimum, change the way you see and feel about him, say Linda and Charlie Bloom.

The Commission recommends that the Native Title Act should specify that, where an applicant meets the registration test, continuity in the acknowledgement and observance of traditional law and custom shall be presumed, subject to any evidence of substantial interruption.

The Committee is concerned about information according to which proof of continuous observance and acknowledgement of the laws and customs of indigenous peoples since the British acquisition of sovereignty over Australia is required to establish elements in the statutory definition of native title under the Native Title Act.

Chief Justice French of the High Court of Australia has suggested that the Native Title Act could be amended to provide for a presumption in favour of native title applicants, which «could be applied to presume continuity of the relevant society and the acknowledgement of its traditional laws and observance of its customs from sovereignty to the present time».

Such measures should include amendments to the Native Title Act to provide for presumptions in favour of native title claimants, including a presumption of continuity in the acknowledgement and observance of traditional law and custom and of the relevant society.

He found that the High Court's apparent endorsement of that case in the Sea and Submerged Lands Act case (59) was really only an acknowledgement of the state of the law at the time of Federation in 1901.

3.6 That the Native Title Act be amended to empower Courts to disregard an interruption or change in the acknowledgement and observance of traditional laws and customs where it is in the interests of justice to do so.

3.3 That the Native Title Act provide for presumptions in favour of native title claimants, including a presumption of continuity in the acknowledgement and observance of traditional law and custom and of the relevant society.

It can be an acknowledgement, a political act, an act of remembrance — and at its best, it's often all three wrapped into one.