And a typical line from the instruction that is given to federal courts -- federal juries all across the land: The law makes absolutely no distinction between the weight or value to be given either to direct or circumstantial evidence, nor is a greater degree of certainty required of circumstantial evidence than of direct evidence.
That's not to say that celery sticks - along with other high fibre, water-heavy fruits and vegetables - have no value as weight-loss aids.
In the dusty local market in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, rows of currency traders set up stalls on the side of the road with money they value by weight.
Law and legal process have separate value and weight.
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The idea of defining the value of the dollar in terms of the value of a fixed weight of gold is not a radical notion.
In his dogma the only right way to weight positions is with each company s market value.
The Obama administration is said to link Britain's value as an ally to its weight in the EU: hence Mr Brown's new respect for Europe.
They also receive growth hormones to increase their size (and value, as beef is sold by weight).
Ranking companies on a single metric, like sales, can be misleading, which is why Forbes uses a composite ranking, giving equal weight to sales, profits, assets and market value.
In addition to ranking individual investors based on the value of their exits, we also gave weight to investors who had multiple exits.
Again, the number of data points is tiny, but the weight of the evidence shows that dividend-paying, value-oriented stocks are the place to be no matter who occupies the Oval Office.
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As a result, they placed too much weight on recent increases in property prices as an indicator of fundamental value.
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"As the Government goes down the route of championing vocational education they need to make their mind up as to whether all qualifications are of value, or if it is simply particular academic subjects which carry weight when judging a school, " said general secretary Christine Blower.
This would eliminate what has historically been the only performance advantage of lead acid in starter battery applications, and is expected to considerably increase the value proposition of A123's Engine Start battery as a lighter-weight, longer-lasting alternative to absorbent glass mat (AGM) and other lead acid batteries.
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The gold standard, where a dollar is defined by a weight unit of gold, will enable people to use the same currency at a secured value.
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Crucially the value of this long-term pay is discounted, so it has a lower weight within the ratio.
While attributes related to products (quality and value, for example) are important, this year, survey respondents put far more weight on attributes that reflected how well each company aligned with their own personal interests.
While aluminum may be more popular with many bike designers for its lighter weight (and the Swift is not exactly petite at around 34lbs), DBC's engineers put more value in the steel's shock-absorbing power.
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