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Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge, without recourse to conscious reasoning or needing an explanation. Different fields use the word "intuition"...

forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future (see...

non-recourse loans: if the funds recouped from sale of the mortgaged property are insufficient to cover the outstanding debt, the lender may not have recourse...

legal recourse taken in cases of joke theft. Some comics, however, have chosen to exact their own justice. W. C. Fields reportedly paid fifty dollars to have...

customarily said especially before one goes to bed at night. It is generally supposed that individuals might have recourse to an Act of Contrition when they find...

conditions, the art historian was also struck by the creative community's "recourse to biological metaphors." Beginning with the mischievously titled Sex Salon...

before an appeal to arms, the signatory Powers agree to have recourse, as far as circumstances allow, to the good offices or mediation of one or more friendly...

An autonomous robot is a robot that acts without recourse to human control. Historic examples include space probes. Modern examples include self-driving...

to know of it, pray, what then?" To which the Syrus replies, "Quid si redeo ad illos qui aiunt, 'Quid si nunc cœlum ruat?'"—"What if I have recourse to...

ˈkɔːrpəs/ ; from Medieval Latin, lit. 'that you have the body') is a recourse in law by which a report can be made to a court in the events of unlawful detention...

Gaius Gracchus in 121 BC to suppress a violent protest against repeal of a colonisation law and accepted thereafter, recourse to the decree accelerated...

has failed to act as legally required or has taken a legally prohibited action. They cannot be issued to compel an authority to do something against the...

Butler notes that feminists have frequently made recourse to the supposed pre-patriarchal state of culture as a model upon which to base a new, non-oppressive...

were "like asses gone astray. They have no religious bonds with God, nor do they have recourse to reason". I have seen the Rus as they came on their merchant...

to the British historian of Western esotericism Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, occultist groups typically seek "proofs and demonstrations by recourse to scientific...

the binary between being a devi or a chudail is the only recourse that feminine power has to navigate in this patriarchal setup." Rohan Naahar of Hindustan...

some characteristics and oversimplification of others. Slapstick is the recourse to humor involving exaggerated physical activity which exceeds the boundaries...

Mike, left without recourse, goes to Robert and asks him to take on the case. Robert agrees that Mike and he will co-counsel the case (to Jessica's dismay)...

using arguments that do not involve recourse to revelation. The ideals of natural theology can be traced back to the Old Testament and Greek philosophy...

since some scammers have discovered that a suitably decorated oven door will suffice. The buyer has no legal recourse without admitting to the attempted purchase...