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The author considers the system \[ \frac{dy}{dt} = Y(t,y),\tag{1} \] with \(y\in \mathbb{R}^{2k}\), \(Y\in C(\mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}^{2k}, \mathbb{R}^{2k})\) and the related matrix-valued function \(U\in C(\mathbb{R}\times {\mathcal N}, \mathbb{R}^{m\times m})\). New generalization of the direct Lyapunov method is presented in terms of the function \(v(t,x,y) = y^TU(t,x)y\) with \(y\in \mathbb{R}^m\). A namely, new conditions are established for stability, uniform stability and uniform asymptotic stability (in the whole), exponential stability (in the whole) and instability of the state \(x=0\) of system (1). All conditions are based on the property of a fixed sign of special matrices without use of the quasimonotonicity property of the comparison system.