binding authority — Source of law that a judge must evaluate when making a decision in a case. For example, statutes from the same state where a case is being brought, or higher court decisions, are binding authority for a judge. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia… … Law dictionary
State of New York — State of New York † Catholic Encyclopedia ► State of New York One of the thirteen colonies of Great Britain, which on 4 July, 1776, adopted the Declaration of Independence and became the United States of America. BOUNDARIES AND… … Catholic encyclopedia
State of Washington — State of Washington † Catholic Encyclopedia ► State of Washington One of the Pacific cost states, popularly known as the Evergreen State , the sixteenth in size among the state of the Union and the twenty ninth in the order of… … Catholic encyclopedia
State church of the Roman Empire — Bust of Emperor Constantine at the Capitoline Museums. Constantine established imperial involvement in the Church. The state church of the Roman Empire was a Christian institution organized within the Roman Empire during the … Wikipedia
State Central Library, Kerala — State Central Library of Kerala is also known as Trivandrum Public Library.It is situated at the heart of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala. It is supposed to be the first public library in India. History The Library was established… … Wikipedia
binding — (n.) mid 13c., verbal noun from BIND (Cf. bind) (v.). Meaning thing that binds is from c.1300; state of being bound is from late 14c. Meaning covering of a book is recorded from 1640s … Etymology dictionary
Binding energy — Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Classical decays … Wikipedia
Binding of Isaac — For the video game by Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl, see The Binding of Isaac (video game). The Sacrifice of Isaac by Caravaggio, in the Baroque tenebrist manner The Binding of Isaac Akedah [1] (עקדה) o … Wikipedia
State — A state is a political association with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, sub national states or multinational states. A state usually includes the set of institutions that… … Wikipedia
Binding constant — The binding constant is a special case of the equilibrium constant K. The equilibrium state of molecular binding, i.e. the balance between the binding and dissociation processes after infinite reaction time, may be formalized as the unbound… … Wikipedia
State of emergency — For other uses, see State of emergency (disambiguation). A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend some normal functions of the executive, legislative and judicial powers, alert citizens to change their normal behaviours … Wikipedia