Sentences with phrase «definitions of act»

The deists — there are plenty of them around still — held to the lawyer's definition of the acts of God as things that can not be otherwise explained.

While questions remain as to who paid the activists who conducted the attack, it is clear that what would seem to fit the definition of an act of eco-terrorism, was incited by international NGOs including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Food First.

Not exact matches

Matthew Walker: By definition lucid dreaming is simply the act of knowing that you're dreaming whilst you're dreaming.

The September 1 Gross Domestic Product release will be the one that will let us know whether or not we are in a recession, at least by the semi-official definition of «a period of at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real gross domestic product for Canada, as reported by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act.»

GoPro's high - definition personal cameras are synonymous with videos highlighting skateboarding, surfing and other extreme sports, but the company's «Fireman Saves Kitten» clip set social media ablaze by documenting an altogether different act of daring.

This trend line has successfully acted as a support level and provides a good definition of the rising trend.

Given the similarities between the Canadian Patent Act and its U.S. counterpart for the definition of «invention», the Canadian Patent Office has for many years granted claims like Myriad's to isolated gene sequences and continues to do so.

Likewise, if you suspect that an employee is requesting a flexible work arrangement because of a medical condition, be sure to first analyze the request according to the definition of «reasonable accommodation» under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

«Hitler was not insane or deranged, or suffering from drug - induced delusions,» he writes, «or laboring under the effects of some chronic disease such as syphilis, or acting in an unresolved hypnotic trance: on the contrary, he was sane according to any reasonable definition of the term, and fully responsible for his actions.»

As highlighted in the Final Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis for the Fiduciary Rule, 96.2, 97.3, and 99.3 percent of BDs, Registered Investment Advisors, and Insurers respectively are estimated to meet the SBAs definition of small business.

First and foremost is the definition of fiduciary, which is imbedded in the Investment Advisor Act (IAA) of 1940.

The Virtual Currency Act was passed with some of the same burdensome licensing requirements as that of the BitLicense: a $ 5,000 initial application fee followed by annual assessment fees, a lengthy list of application requirements, no reciprocal licensing clause, and broad definitions for virtual currency and virtual currency business.

The White House's National Economic Council will be performing «industry outreach» regarding the Department of Labor's redraft of its rule to amend the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, according to an industry official.

According to the strictest definition, Parkour is the act of moving from point «a» to point «b» using the obstacles in your path to increase your efficiency.

Just as important, none of these definitions speaks to the advisor's capability to act in the best interest of clients.

He was referring to comments made by President Barack Obama in a Feb. 23 speech at AARP endorsing the Department of Labor's redraft of its rule to amend the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

The 2000 law also excluded credit default swaps from the definition of security under the Securities Act of 1933, exempting them from the requirements that stocks and bonds must meet.

For purposes of this Charter, an «independent director» means a director who (1) is «independent» in accordance with the provisions of Rule 10c - 1 (b)(i) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the «Exchange Act»), and (2) meets the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. definition of «independent director» as determined by the Board.

Furman and Betsey Stevenson, another council member, provide what they describe as «evidence» that proves DOL's draft «Conflict of Interest Rule for Retirement Savings,» which seeks to broaden the definition of who is a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, is sorely needed.

The memo is in support of a proposed fiduciary definition for professionals selling retirement investments to 401 (k) beneficiaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Title III and Title IV of the JOBS Act permit what is known as «equity crowdfunding», whereby companies can openly advertise their offerings and accept investments from non-accredited investors — the 98 % of Americans who do not meet the definition of an accredited investor.

The organization found that according to the Illinois Transmitters of Money Act (TOMA), «digital currencies currently do not fit the statutory definitions of «money» and, therefore, do not independently trigger the licensing requirements of TOMA.»

Bitcoin is understood to fall under the definition of virtual currency in the Act because it is electronically exchanged for traditional currency by exchange service operators and can be used by anyone accepting Bitcoin as payment.

Whilst not constituting cash, cryptocurrencies can be valued to ascertain an amount received or accrued as envisaged in the definition of «gross income» in the Act.

'' «Best interest» means at the time the annuity is recommended, acting with reasonable diligence, care, skill and prudence in a manner that puts the interest of the consumer ahead of the financial or other interests of the producer,» read the IRI definition.

So almost by definition, low - tier asset purchases by the ECB and Bank of Japan act as publicly - funded subsidies for bondholders, rather than ordinary citizens.

The Act expands the definition of foreign corporations subject to the rules, so that funds using alternative investment structures through foreign partnerships to avoid controlled foreign corporation status should review those structures.

To accomplish that, the bill adds a definition of virtual currency to the state's money services statute (8 V.S.A. § 2500 et seq.): «stored value that (A) can be a medium of exchange, a unit of account, or a store of value; (B) has an equivalent value in money or acts as a substitute for money; (C) may be centralized or decentralized; and (D) can be exchanged for money or other convertible virtual currency.»

I suppose one definition of «hero» would be someone who continues to act decently when no one else around him / her is.

Certainly we can define the psychology of knowing, but a definition of the logical content of that knowing soon becomes circular: the act of knowing may belong to the genus of mental acts, but we have no genus for the knowledge thereby known.

The Oliners cite the definition given in Webster's Third New International Dictionary: «uncalculated consideration of, regard for, or devotion to other's interests...» These formulations suggest that motives of self - interest must be separated from altruistic acts.

Definition of wife: a dialect: woman b: a woman acting in a specified capacity — used in combination 2: a female partner in a marriage

By that definition, the Golden Rule can apply to any act of revenge, and therefore I don't think it was intended that way.

Full Definition of DELUSION 1: the act of deluding: the state of being deluded 2 a: something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated b: a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary; also: the abnormal state marked by such beliefs

They did not, yet they act as if they are experiencing the very definition of cultural oppression.

Pregnancy, however, falls comfortably into none of the usual definitions of disease: it is not a state inimical to the way one is supposed to feel; it is not a condition in which body components and systems are acting inharmoniously (to the contrary, infertility would more likely fall within that definition); it is not a state of abnormality — for the pregnant woman functions satisfactorily within society, and the social and physical environment tolerates the pregnant woman perfectly.

The definition of the Church, if indeed it can be defined at all, is always the people of the Church in the act of creating the Church.

Since the traditional definition of marriage requires the physical act, and the physical act is sinful in a gay context, gay marriage can not be justified by Christianity.

If you want to use the broad definition of religion then you must use the broad definition of violence as being a global phenomenon, not a singular violent act averted.

I mention, only because my... paradigm (I'm not much on beliefs, in the usual organized religion sense)... includes a «Divine» of my own definition, that equates to something like «awe of life, love, and knowing that there is much we don't know» (< — sorry, not the easiest thing for me to get into words, hopefully that gets the gist of it) that I don't see as a «personal other», but, in my paradigm, I see that Divine as being systemic to everything, hence insights from what I learn / experience can be termed as the Divine acting.

Let us look at Webster's definition of euthanasia: «An act of putting to death persons suffering from incurable and distressing disease.»

That celebration is a bit premature — though as Justice Scalia feared in his dissent from the Court's invalidation of the Defense of Marriage Act's definition of marriage, the second shoe may indeed drop shortly.

It didn't HAVE to «act» within it, but if WE say it «acted», (created something), the definition of that word, (act), is to begoin and and something within a temporal sphere, or it has no meaning.

I see this to be a non-argument because I don't see why you think the creator would be unable to act prior to our definition of time to be in place.

you are putting your own definition onto that scripture to condemn the act of getting a tattoo as being disrespectful of the body / temple god provides.

Purity is a condition of the heart, of the mind, and of the spirit more than a simple definition of what sexual acts someone has or has not done.

Or taking a less precise definition of beginning, one might consider the whole period, from the Declaration of Independence to the inauguration of Washington under the new Constitution, as the origin time of the American nation, America began as the result of a series of conscious decisions, The acts embodying those decisions have a kind of absolute meaning - creating significance.

For a Biblical concept of justice has been the real concern of a few of these writers.58 Evidence is of course mixed, but the overwhelming thrust of Scripture's discussion of «social justice» suggests the following Biblical definition: «to each according to his or her needs» Rather than act on the basis of society's most common definitions of «social justice» those of merit or equality - the Christian seeking a Biblically derived social ethic must respond, first and foremost, on the basis of need.

One of Webster's definitions is, «the act or process of changing from one form, state, etc., to another.»

Then in March 2010, the District passed the Marriage Equality Act which expanded the city's definition of marriage to say, «Any person may enter into marriage in the District of Columbia with another person, regardless of gender, unless the marriage is expressly prohibited by law.»