But federal law at that time did not specify how such conflicting claims should be resolved, a circumstance that raised the realistic prospect of renewed civil war.

Nowhere are the claims more conflicting than in the area of diet and nutrition.

Greeps when first introduced into the writing were the subject of some competitive and conflicting claims.

There have also been some conflicting claims regarding Kourdakov's actual religion.

He argued that we are always dealing with multiple and conflicting claims of truth, none of which can be conclusively established.

Multiplepoinding, (pronounced multiplepinding) in Scots law, the technical term for a form of action by which conflicting claims to the same fund or property are determined.

There are many confusing and conflicting claims, and several countries claim to be the ultimate origin of this game.

"Some people have very conflicting claims over history, so the map was a way for people to mark out their versions," she said.

Frankfurt and London bring conflicting claims to the table.

As the two scrambled in recent days to arrange air tickets and visas for the trip to New York, they pressed their conflicting claims to Lidiya.