That defense was not recognized as valid.
Dispensing Social Security Survivor benefits or family leave via marital status means that those who are not married essentially have earned benefits "confiscated" because their chosen families/friends are not recognized as valid beneficiaries.
Although African Pseudocrenilabrinae cichlids can be separated in three major groups (hemichromines, haplochromines, and tilapiines), these groups are not recognized as valid taxonomic units [ 15].
Pseudocrenilabrine is composed of three major groups that are not recognized as valid taxonomic units, pelmatochromine, haplochromine and tilapiine, with great diversity in the Great Lakes of East Africa, Tanganyika, Malawi and Victoria [ 17- 21].
Originally described as a subspecies, and later considered to represent a hybrid combination, it was not recognized as a valid, distinct species until as recently as 2009.
Field tests that are non-standardized, like counting backwards or touching your finger to your nose, are not recognized as legally valid.
In Canada, it's doctors who are the gatekeepers for this treatment, even though marijuana is not recognized by the federal government as a valid medicine.
Edie Windsor's marriage, recognized as legally valid by the state of New York, is not recognized by the federal government.
At a glance, the five-digit code looks valid, but the date is not recognized.
On the one hand, we seek to empower the women we work with…on the other, we hold an explicitly political vision of the structural conditions that lead to particular social behaviors, a vision that our field collaborators…may not recognize as valid" ('That's Not What I Said:' Interpretive Conflict in Oral Narrative Research).
While these trials are not currently recognized as valid, scientifically rigorous endeavors and are not accepted by the FDA as evidence of the safety and effectiveness of new drugs, small changes in trial structure can make these patient initiatives a meaningful part of the drug development process.
