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Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary | 1986 | Copyright

175. Determination (See also Perseverance.)

Agathocles (361–289 B. C.) Syracusan king; “burned his ships behind him” in attacking Carthage. [Gk. Hist.: Walsh Classical, 9]
Balboa, Rocky determined prize fighter takes on impossible dream. [Am. Cinema: Rocky in EB (1978), 552]
bulldog bred for doggedly refusing to let go. [Dog Breeding: Misc.]
Dry Guillotine book by French escapee from Devil’s Island. [Fr. Lit.: Dry Guillotine ]
Ignatz tenaciously refuses Krazy Kat’s advances. [Comics: “Krazy Kat” in Horn, 436–437]
Jones, John Paul (1747–1792) Revolutionary War naval hero; remembered for saying; “I have not yet begun to fight!” [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 260–261]
Keller, Helen (1880–1968) though blind and deaf, becomes noted author and lecturer. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 439–440]
Little Engine That Could succeeds when others refuse to help. [Children’s Lit.: The Little Engine That Could ]
Message to Garcia, A against great odds, American officer makes his way to Cuban general leading a revolt against Spain. [Am. Lit. and Hist.: Benét, 662]
Papillon wily prisoner endeavors repeatedly to escape from Devil’s Island. [Fr. Lit.: Papillon ]
Santiago struggles long and hard for great fish. [Am. Lit.: Old Man and the Sea ]
tortoise slow and steady, it wins the race against the hare. [Animal Symbolism: Mercatante, 22; Gk. Lit.: Aesop, “The Tortoise and the Hare”]
Tovesky, Marie outgoing and friendly, despite husband’s insane jealousy. [Am. Lit.: O Pioneers!, Magill I, 663–665]

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determination

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

de·ter·mi·na·tion / diˌtərməˈnāshən/ • n. 1. firmness of purpose; resoluteness: he advanced with an unflinching determination. 2. the process of establishing something exactly, typically by calculation or research: determination of molecular structures. ∎ Law the settlement of a dispute by the authoritative decision of a judge or arbitrator. ∎ Law a judicial decision or sentence. 3. the controlling or deciding of something's nature or outcome: genetic sex determination. 4. Law the cessation of an estate or interest. 5. archaic a tendency to move in a fixed direction.

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Determination

West's Encyclopedia of American Law | 2005 | Copyright

DETERMINATION

The final resolution or conclusion of a controversy.

In legal use, determination usually implies the conclusion of a dispute or lawsuit by the rendering of a final decision. After consideration of the facts, a determination is generally set forth by a court of justice or other type of formal decision maker, such as the head of an administrative agency.

Determination has been used synonymously with adjudication, award, decree, and judgment. A ruling is a judicial determination concerning matters, such as the admissibility of evidence or a judicial or an administrative interpretation of a statute or regulation.

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