Since then, a ceasefire agreed on a year earlier has held, despite violations.
Despite violations, no city employee has been disciplined for failing to abide by the ordinance, which requires that city dealings be open to public review — including many documents, officials' schedules and meetings.
The agreement between Russia and the United States, which went into effect Sept. 12, reduced the overall level of violence for a number of days, despite violations in the divided city of Aleppo and other parts of northern Syria held by insurgents opposed to Mr. Assad.
These institutions have maintained their support for the project despite violations of their policies and the project's Concession Agreement.
Despite violations of this principle in history, the majority of leaders and adherents of all major religions today support the freedom to choose a religion, or to choose not to follow any religion, recognizing such freedom as an essential foundation for genuine religious commitment.
Despite the violation, Ivanovic defeated Zahlavova Strycova, 6-3, 6-2, to reach the quarterfinals.
Finally, Judge Kaplan held that despite this violation, under the Second Circuit rules, the only penalty he could impose was injunctive relief to correct the violation.
Despite a violation of almost 10 years, the court has shown patience and respect for parliamentary sovereignty - even now declining to award damages or costs".
However, linear regression/correlation might still be robust to non-normality (McDonald 2014), so analyses were performed despite this violation.
Smith may have thus felt justified in promoting polygamy despite its violation of some traditional ethical standards.
