Sentences with phrase «authoritative decision»

They appear here either as the disciples of a rabbi who empowers them to make authoritative decisions on legal questions, or as priests authorized to give or withhold absolution of sins.

In the end, the ITC referred the question to the discernment and authoritative decision of the Magisterium.

The wonder, though, is that it appears never to have made him sympathize at all with J. A. O. Preus» attempt to find a way to make authoritative decisions within the synod.

As the FCA was troubled by the existence of «conflicting and equally authoritative decisions as to how the «764 patent is to be construed... it falls upon this Court to determine which is the correct one».

There are other risks to consider as well, most notably the potential for impairment of the adopting parents» sense of security around making authoritative decisions about the girl.

He must learn to understand that, if he is not to prefer his own self - will to the will of Christ, his conscience needs the authoritative decisions and directives of the Church, even if these do not involve her supreme authority.

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... Ultimately, the law of evidence in Massachusetts is what is contained in the authoritative decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court and of the Appeals Court, and the statutes duly enacted by the Legislature.»

The Supreme Court of Canada took a strict view in its authoritative decision on the subject, in Northwestern Utilities Ltd. and al. v. Edmonton, [1979] 1 SCR 684: