That all effects have causes is true by virtue of the (customary) definitions of cause and effect; it is a purely formal or logical truth.
His love affair with gauzy obscurity, his resistance to customary definitions of contour and line, his shameless rejoicing in the mucky density of oils or in the wayward leaks and bleeds of watercolors — these were condemned as reprehensible self-indulgence.
Drawing from anthropological perspectives on personhood at the beginnings and ends of life, it examines the implications of competing religious and customary definitions of personhood for a small sample of young British Pakistani Muslim women who experienced miscarriage and stillbirth.
I would conclude, then, that the vignette with which I introduced this article illustrates not a simple 'clash' of Islamic and 'western values' but contestations of customary definitions of life and Islamic personhood that offer insights into the changing social and cultural contexts in which pregnancy loss and infant death are experienced and negotiated.
More than 70percentt of land in sub-Saharan Africa falls under the definition of customary domain.
Mr. Moy said the society's only other significant continuing suit against an insurer was also against United, challenging its definitions of "usual and customary" charges for medical care.
Over the last 15 years, a substantial body of law has developed that sets forth the elements of torture under customary international law, which largely reflects the definition of torture under the Convention Against Torture.
Compare this to a "wellness professional or practitioner" who currently has no customary requirements, mandatory certification, or standard job definition for employee wellness practitioners.
However, it is customary to include additional constraints in the definition of a network.
