Word: sanctions
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Marshall who established in unquestioned integrity the position of the judiciary as co-ordinate with and equal to the legislative branches of the government, and made the Supreme Court recognized as the power qualified to sanction or veto legislative acts. He laid down for all time the fundamental considerations which fix and govern the relative functions of the nation and the States, he defined the powers of the legislatures, and made clear the conception and theory of the American doctrine of constitutional law. He was not overweening in his assumption of the power of the court, but, on the other...
...twelfth annual indoor athletic meet of the Boston Athletic Association will be held Saturday evening, Feb. 16, at the Mechanics Building under the sanction of the A. A. U. The program of handicap events is the same as that a year ago, including forty yard dash, 9 ft. limit; 600 yard run, 30 yards limit; 45 yard low hurdles, four flights, 9 ft. limit; 1000 yard run, 50 yards limit; mile run, 60 yards limit; putting 16 pound shot, 6ft. limit; high jump, 6 inch limit; three standing jumps, 1 ft. limit. there will also be a two mile race...
...Testament the "Kingdom" and the "Righteousness" of which Christ spoke must be understood in connection with this. The law was not abrogated but fulfilled, not enforced literally but with a spiritual meaning and sanction. In this sense St. Paul says "We do not destroy the law through faith, yea we establish the law;" and this may be traced out in his Epistles. He wished to build up a Christian social state, beginning with the family, a new and spiritual community...