Sentences with phrase «as special laws»

He wrote innumerable volumes containing exegesis of the Jewish law intended to show that it expressed the universal law of nature as well as special laws binding only upon the Jewish people.

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You might know him best from «Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,» but chances are you've seen him in many other places as well.

The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 defines tax expenditures as «revenue losses attributable to provisions of the Federal tax laws which allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or which provide a special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability.»

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

The next day, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (which functions as a special administrative region) separately announced that token offerings could be subject to securities laws.

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You'll need special training and licensing to legally operate as a massage therapist, so check your state requirements to make sure you're operating within local laws.

A particularly active MLA, Mason has served as a member of the Standing Committees on Law and Regulations, and Public Accounts, as well as the Special Standing Committee on Members» Services.

is a crucial book in the area of law and religion — published in 2013, it defends the view that there is no compelling moral or legal reason to provide special protection to religion as such.

To hold that same - sex marriage is part of the fundamental right to marry, or necessary for giving LGBT people the equal protection of the laws, the Court implicitly made a number of other assumptions: that one - flesh union has no distinct value in itself, only the feelings fostered by any kind of consensual sex; that there is nothing special about knowing the love of the two people whose union gave you life, whose bodies gave you yours, so long as you have two sources of care and support; that what children need is parenting in some disembodied sense, and not mothering and fathering.

Sexual orientation has been the focal point for quite some time for special attention in law to overcome disadvantage (real or alleged) for those with attraction to persons of the same sex; and now, increasingly those who wish to change sex or dress as a person of the opposite sex.

The best way to protect America is to warmly welcome law abiding citizens of any faith, such a rare and wonderful thing about us, something we can hold up as unique and special, something that does nt provoke but binds loyalty.Being different, more accepting and loving than the ugliness found in anti-Christian cultures, is our greatest strength.

Therefore the pertinent debate regarding black hiring is never «merit vs. race» but whether hiring decisions will be based on merit, influenced by race - bias against blacks, or on merit, influenced by race - bias, but with special consideration for minorities as mandated by law.

And so, precisely because the rules of constitutional law create some faint possibility of gaining special consideration, the question the religion must ask itself becomes (to take Needham as our example) not What form of counseling does God require?

The command, «Be holy, as I am holy,» already given under the Old Law, holds in a special way for Christians (Leviticus 11:44 - 45; cf. 1 Peter 1:16).

The rebel priests would have abolished clerical fueros (special legal jurisdictions whereby canon law courts superseded civil courts), but chiefly they wanted, as native - born priests, the same rights as Spanish - born priests.

From this Stoeger argues that «special divine action» is really a matter of the «higher laws of nature» as they actually function, rather than as we understand them, subsuming, modifying and marshalling the «lower orders of nature»; those of physics, chemistry and biology.

Scientific materialism is the view that «matter» alone is real and that all phenomena in the universe can be adequately understood as special applications of the laws of chemistry and physics.

for God to have my believing, it can not be necessary for him to believe as I do, merely by virtue of some general proposition about part and whole... So your insistence that human believing within God must mean human believing by God, must rest on some special law of mind as a whole, not on a general law of wholes.

The marriage contract is a most powerful one that not even Congress and the President can overturn through special laws, as seen during the case of Terry Schiavo.

Jesus is the eschatological Teacher, who upon the foundation of the sacred Jewish Law but with special commandments (relating to poverty and obedience) and with divine power leads his followers to the gates of the Kingdom of God; he is now exalted at the right hand of God, and is soon to come on the clouds of heaven» as the judge of all mankind.

However, since biological organisms require more special environments than do physico - chemical organisms, there is no reason for thinking that biological generalizations will come to represent dominant orders of environments as wide as those represented by physical laws.

Humans are both a product of the natural laws of biological evolution and the special, direct, supernatural infusion of the soul as the determining principle of the human person; the soul is our «Unity — Law».

The churches can offer the health plans they want, but when they have a business outside the church, such as a school, or hospital, they must go by the laws of the land and not be granted any special treatment because they are owned by a church.

His rules aren't objective; the Hebrews get special treatment and he gets to break his own laws (shifting as they are) whenever he feels like it.

Conservative lawyers and judges have had no special reverence for Holmes, but they have backed themselves into a comparable understanding as they have recoiled from what they see as the vice of liberal jurisprudence: a cavalier willingness to appeal beyond the text of the «positive law,» the law that is posited or enacted, either in statutes or in the body of the Constitution.

The third decision concerned a 1992 statewide referendum in which the voters in Colorado adopted an amendment, known as Amendment 2, to their constitution prohibiting laws that make homosexual orientation, conduct, and relationships the bases of special entitlements to minority status, quota preferences, and claims to discrimination.

Churches» limited exemption from antidiscrimination law is not and can not be justified as a special privilege for religion but simply as an instance of the autonomy, privacy, and «freedom of association» enjoyed by all members of the constitutional community, religious and nonreligious alike.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

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When I got married, my mother - in - law (Jodi's mom — known as Grandma Lori around here) gave me a very special gift.

A school law attorney will provide a primer on the legal issues to consider in addressing food allergies on campus; and will provide three case studies serving as examples of how universities can provide accommodations for students with special dietary requests.

The resulting reduction in carbon emissions is particularly striking given that buildings at the site include restored and refurbished Victorian Mill buildings, some of which are Grade II listed (designated as being particularly important and of special interest and protected by UK law), within a Conservation Area and Site of Special Scientific Interest special interest and protected by UK law), within a Conservation Area and Site of Special Scientific Interest Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Local Law Enforcement Officers volunteered as «Celebrity Servers» in efforts to earn «tips» with the Athletes, and all «tip» proceeds were donated directly to local and regional Special Olympic Programs.

Local law enforcement officers volunteer as «celebrity servers» to earn «tips» with the proceeds going directly to local and regional Special Olympic programs.

For years Lynnae Schneller, President of Lynnae's Gourmet Pickles had been making pickles for family and friends during holidays and other special occasions, and what started as a hobby in the kitchen of her home, has grown into a successful commercial business which she has created with sister - in - law, Aly Cullinane Vice President and VP of Sales.

It is generally illegal to carry a gun outside a residence, and a special permit granting the right to do so is granted to certain groups, such as law enforcement officers.

The revelations in Connecticut are not the result of probing by scrupulous politicians but of the questions and charges raised by three men: Harvey Ziskis, a bettor who was barred under clouded circumstances from the Hartford fronton; Theodore A. Driscoll, investigative reporter for The Hartford Courant; and Professor Lester Snyder of the University of Connecticut School of Law, who served on the State Commission on Special Revenue, popularly known as the gaming commission, from October of 1976 until last March.

Even assuming he signed it, the bill would theoretically be a law re-appointing Mueller as special prosecutor / independent investigator, which Congress is already capable of doing via impeachment, select committees, etc..

Officers take an active role with affiliate organizations, regularly attend special community meetings and are contributing members to the law enforcement community as a whole in Kane, Kendall, Will and DuPage counties.

In May, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, welcomed the moves towards regulating the advertising of formulas in Hong Kong and the Philippines and described suggestions that implementing World Health Assembly measures could violate WTO law as «simply false.»

For instance, your in - laws may have been dreaming of a weekend with their new grandbaby and were looking forward to feeding the baby as a special bonding time.

The Lisbon Treaty introduces delegated acts as a special category of law in addition to EU directives and regulations.

As a grandmother of a special needs child, I fear saying anything that will offend my son and daughter in law.

Louise also has a special interest in succession and health law and has worked with key government departments, judicial stakeholders as well as the legal and the medical profession in furthering policy law reform in these areas.

Surrogacy in California is particularly special because, as one of the most advanced and liberal states concerning surrogacy law, it allows intended parents and surrogates to come together from all over the world in many unique ways.

Parents and treating professionals should become familiar with the special education and educational laws and exercise their rights as needed to support their child.

``... Ultimately Juan Reyes» experience creating jobs as a Giuliani official, working with U.S. Senator Bob Dole and Donald Rumsfeld on national issues, and practicing law in the private sector have prepared him well to take on the special interest in Albany.»

The vacancy in Squadron's seat will be filled in a special election in November, and state law requires that the Democratic nominee for the seat be selected by the Democratic Party, as opposed to being decided in a primary election.