precept of the Law

The general precepts of the law must be the yardstick against which its actions are judged.

His mind had been conditioned to weigh precise legal principles, to balance human behavior against the black-letter precepts of the law.

The pneumatics "keep the precepts of the law" far better than psychics, who are bound to obey the demiurgic law.

Rom 2:26-29: If then the uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?

Some others, though, like Willem Ruud, grew fat and arrogant by flouting every precept of the law and common decency.

The shoe, which is usually the property of the community, is brought forth and examined as to cleanliness and construction, in accordance with the precepts of the law.

Schmitt held that it is not the actual precepts of the law which determine its validity, but rather the fact that it has been made into law by the proper authority.

Among the wealth of details, there is an inscription cut into the circular stairway stipulating that "the precepts of the law are these: to live correctly, to do an evil to none and to render to everyone his own."

Provisionally designated "4QMishn" (Mishnah), it was later renamed as "4QMMT" (Miqsat Ma'ase ha-Torah or Some Precepts of the Law) by Qimron, who, with Strugnell, edited the manuscript.

Many books of the prophets in the Hebrew Bible, such as the Book of Isaiah and Book of Jeremiah, spoke out against those Israelites who brought forth sacrifices but did not act in accord with the precepts of the Law.

But on the broadest precept of the law - what Professor Orfield described as the "conception that Congress can effectively mandate specific high levels of educational growth, relying on sanctions and assessments" - he does indeed think No Child Left Behind is, in a word, wrong.

He starts with the principle enunciated in the 'Etz ha-Ḥayyim, that the inculcation of the belief in God's unity, and especially in His government of the world, is the main purpose of every single precept of the Law; wherefore it is our duty to search after the object of each commandment.