Word: understood
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...like doghouses and bird feeders that can be easily found in many backyards, Fastman said. Finding no documented regulations against having chickens and ducks as pets in a backyard when they researched the city ordinances, the trio proceeded to build the coop and keep the birds by what they understood to be legal means...
...anything that damages marriage or subverts its place in society is deleterious in its effects. Throughout history, societies have regulated marriage with this danger in mind, recognizing in marriage the privileged status granted to the heterosexual union as the best context for procreation and the raising of children - functions understood to be vital to the society's well-being. The argument put forth by Boies would mean the effective deregulation of marriage, since his arguments already presented in court could be proposed by any number of others, including those representing polygamists." (See a video of gay marriage in the heartland...
Cooper tried to make a different case, namely that the government's interest in preserving marriage as it has traditionally been understood is not just legitimate, but vital. "The question is, Is this institution designed for these pro-child reasons or is it to produce companionship and personal fulfillment and expression of love?," he said in court. "Are those purposes themselves important enough to run risks to the accomplishment of the pro-child purposes...
...before both sides decided on a new constitution. Only after a draft is agreed upon and put to a referendum - the process set out in the agreement under which Mugabe and Tsvangirai agreed to share power - would elections be possible, he said. "People should not preempt process ... which is understood by all parties to be the law," he added. (See the top 10 news stories...
...crooks," says Robert Dujarric, director of Temple University's Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies. Business as usual is not what the public expects from an underdog party that just won the people's mandate on a platform of regime change. Dujarric, however, says that Ozawa is widely understood to be an "old-fashioned" politician. "If you want Mr. Clean, you're not going to date Ozawa," he says. "Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. That's his weakness...