Sentences with phrase «apply in a given circumstance»

Not exact matches

Even the Ten Commandments, given in the setting of early Hebrew society but still relevant today, have to be applied in the light of contemporary circumstances.

The issue is whether the imperatives can in fact be applied to concrete circumstances, especially without giving more attention to virtues, such as we find in the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions.

I've often marveled at the fact that Jesus» instructions to the rich young ruler to sell all of his belongings and give to the poor are rarely applied universally (because we interpret them as being spoken to a specific person in a unique circumstance), while Paul's instructions to Timothy are often applied to all women at all times, (despite being written to a specific person in a unique circumstance.)

This is the principle on which domestic animal cruelty cases are based and there is no reason why it should not apply to wild animals, given the different circumstances that wild animals live in compared to that of domestic animals.

«The rule is that there is no rule and if I once said there was, given there appears to be no record of it, and it has been reported so variably, this new rule replaces that old one, unless and until someone manages to... dig up the original source, and we can review the new «no rule» rule in the light of whatever I said in whatever circumstances applied at the time I was laying down the old rule.»

In a statement, Section 1 said: «The section's athletic council met and, given the circumstance presented by the Saunders High School vs. Somers High School game at Sarah Lawrence College, applied it's long - standing rule as no prior authorization was sought by either school prior to the game being played.»

It does not give you simple rules - of - thumb that supposedly apply to everyone in all circumstances.

It is clear that the EAT did not regard its conclusion as representing a satisfactory state of affairs, particularly where the joint or concurrent tortfeasors are at arms» length, eg as in Bullimore v Porthecary Witham Weld [2011] IRLR 18 where an ex-employer gave a damaging reference about the claimant to a prospective employer because the ex-employee had presented a sex discrimination claim against them and the prospective employer withdrew the offer for the same reason, and in circumstances where CLIA 1978 applies to discrimination claims brought in the ordinary courts.

Civil lawsuit trials can be conducted in a state other than the state where the breach of contract or tort giving rise to the lawsuit took place for jurisdictional purposes and not infrequently is brought in another state, although constitutional choice of law rules limit the circumstances under which a particular state's laws can be applied to a particular set of circumstances in a lawsuit.)

(1) A person who intends to apply for one or more benefits described in this Regulation shall notify the insurer of his or her intention no later than the seventh day after the circumstances arose that give rise to the entitlement to the benefit, or as soon as practicable after that day.

Given the vast quantity of laws that exist in our complex society, the only a way lawyer is to determine which law applies to a particular set of circumstances is to have a well - developed understanding of proper research methodology.

The law shall be considered as always speaking, and where a matter or thing is expressed in the present tense, it shall be applied to the circumstances as they arise, so that effect may be given to the enactment according to its true spirit, intent and meaning.

They're entertaining them and applying them to other circumstances,» he says, adding that the potential for perceived negligence is higher given the army of suppliers, subcontractors and other people who come close to customer data in any given organization.

It applies where the observation or recording is not of a nude person and not of a person in a place where they can be expected to be nude, as long as it is done surreptitiously, in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy, and for a sexual purpose.

However, the protection of legal privilege will not apply to advice given by in - house counsel in the context of European Commission related investigations [34] and it may be necessary in those circumstances to engage an external lawyer.

the totality of the evidence and the peculiar factual circumstances of a given case will lead an experienced jurist to conclude that the fact - finding exercise applied at trial was flawed in light of the unreasonable result that it produced.

The Court was careful not to make a blanket statement that all employees in all circumstances are entitled to a letter, saying instead that (my loose translation) «employers must only apply good faith in exercising theirability to not give one» (i.e., a legitimately poor performer is not entitled to a letter).

For many other careers the university you attend can give you an advantage in certain circumstances but isn't nearly as important as other aspects of your application when it comes to applying for graduate jobs.

He developed with other health economists including Culyer the concepts of vertical (positive discrimination for those in unequal circumstances) and horizontal equity (giving equal care to those in the same socioeconomic bracket) as applied to health.