Sentence examples for recognizing as valid from inspiring English sources

Mr. Spitzer, in the opinion, said, "In general, New York common law requires recognizing as valid a marriage, or its legal equivalent, if it was validly executed in another state, regardless of whether the union at issue would be permitted under New York's Domestic Relations Law".

Who would want to attend a program that another university -- and potential employer -- doesn't recognize as valid?

About 75 of those were studied, and at most a dozen were recognized as valid, he said.

Sellars was interested in inferences that we can only recognize as valid if we possess certain bits of factual knowledge.

They have asked the court that her January 1997 will, and not her last will, signed in 2002, be recognized as valid.

"Right now, I don't have the means to do that because nothing I have is recognized as valid by the legal system".

While some cases have been recognized as valid, human rights groups and other critics have charged that others are trumped-up propaganda efforts.

Last month, a Gallup poll showed that sixty per cent of Americans agree that marriage between same-sex couples should be recognized as valid.

Nuns were once ordained in basically the same way, though the ordination of a nun required the presence of monks in order to be recognized as valid.

Mr. Lorence pointed to a disclaimer printed on marriage license applications by the county clerk, which said "marriage of lesbian and gay couples may not be recognized as valid by any jurisdiction other than San Francisco".

Last June, a Gallup poll indicating that a majority disapproved of laws banning sodomy also found that 55percentt of Americans said they believed that gay marriages "should not be recognized as valid".