To say that we regard it only as if it were designed does not on its own dispose of the question, for it is not clear what it is to regard something that is not designed "as if" it were designed: if we are not ascribing to organisms the property of being artifacts, then in what respect can we can coherently regard them as similar to artifacts?
We took a look at his filings going all the way back to 1978, the first year members were required to disclose information on their personal finances, and found 28 instances in which he failed to report acquiring, owning or disposing of assets.
They could own and dispose of property in their own right, and they could initiate divorce and other legal proceedings.
Under this form, the wife no longer came into her husband's power or property regime but remained in that of her father; upon her father's death she became independent with rights to own and dispose of property.
The SADC's legal status is outlined in Article 3(1) of the Declaration, which states that the "SADC shall be an international organisation and shall have legal personality with capacity and power to enter into contract, acquire, own or dispose of movable or immovable property and to sue and to be sued" (SADC 1992).
Also, if you catch your own bait, dispose the stinger of the sting ray properly and safely, it can still sting with venom for several years later even when detached from the fish!
In the United States, each clinic follows its own procedure for disposing of surplus embryos.
While the United States and other countries condemned this calculated killing, the latest in a series of such attacks, Israel insisted on its right and obligation to protect its own people, by disposing of suspected terror masterminds before it's too late.
They made no mention of washing their own hands after disposing of their child's soiled nappies or after cleaning faeces from the floor.
At the same time, he believed individuals should be left free to regulate their own conduct and dispose of their property, including enslaved African-Americans, as they wished.
His grandfather was an American immigrant of Irish background, his mother hails from the Basque Country in Spain, one of his favorite holidays is Thanksgiving, his four children are all adopted, he is divorced and, by his own confession, not disposed to womanizing, and his skin is rather pale.
