* If the offence fails to make ten yards in three plays, the defence takes over on downs.

* If the offence attempts a forward pass and it is intercepted by the defence ; the defence takes possession immediately ( and may try to advance the ball on the play ).

If one is convicted at the district court, the defence can make an appeal on procedural grounds to the supreme court.

If attack was called for, an overarm motion was more likely to break through an opponent's defence.

If the delusions do not prevent the defendant from having mens rea there will be no defence.

' James Harris MP, however, recorded that Lord Nugent had told him that Chatham's last words in the Lords were: ' If the Americans defend independence, they shall find me in their way ' and that his very last words ( spoken to his son ) were: ' Leave your dying father, and go to the defence of your country '.

If they fail to do so, they may become known as paramilitary, civil defence, militia or other which are not military.

In defence Bob Ainsworth says: “ If I had put forward the views that I was slowly developing as a minister then, I would have had to resign.

If, on the other hand, the child did not consent, the consent of the person having custody or care and control of the child may support a defence of lawful excuse.

If the defendant who claimed benefit of clergy was particularly deserving of death, courts occasionally would ask him to read a different passage from the Bible ; if, like most defendants, he was illiterate and simply had memorized Psalm 51, he would be unable to establish the defence and would be put to death.

If a purely defensive position was taken the Maginot Line would be broken and that the British Army ( with anti-aircraft defence ) was only getting £ 277 million out of a total £ 2, 000 million spent on defence.

If the defence forces three outs, their team is moved into the offensive role.

If the Bundestag ( parliament ) declares the state of defence ( Verteidigungsfall ), the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler ) assumes command of the German armed forces ().

If 31 ... Rxc7 the rook is overloaded, having to look after both the key squares: 32. Qb7 + Rxb7 and the rook is deflected from defence of c5, allowing 33. Rxc5 #.

If instead 31 ... Qxc7 it is the queen which is overloaded: 32. Rxc5 + Qxc5 deflects the queen from defence of b7, allowing 33. Qb7 + Kxa5 34. Ra1 #.

" Father-in-law wants a big trial which will illuminate everything ", René de Chambrun told Laval's lawyers: " If he is given time to prepare his defence, if he is allowed to speak, to call witnesses and to obtain from abroad the information and documents which he needs, he will confound his accusers.

" He warned against armed defence: " If any man thinks of his gun or his horse and goes to fetch it, he will die by it.

If the defence, he concluded, rested on no solid foundation, then the jury must do their duty to the community at large and by the oath they had sworn.

Mr. Grote says, " If the violation, in part, of the Constitution determined the Canadians to arm in defence of their rights, how will they endure the suspension of the Constitution entirely and the confiscation of popular freedom?

If the ball is at chest height, the batsman's best defence is to move on to his back foot, raise his bat vertically to chest height, and attempt to block the ball and direct it downwards to the pitch so as to avoid presenting a catch to a fielder.

when there is no satisfactory way to escape the mate threat 43 ... Be5 + 44. f4 Qxf4 + 45. Kg2 Qg3 + 46. Kf1 Qf3 + 47. Kg1 Bd4 + 48. Kh2 Qf2 + 49. Kh1 Qg1 # If White gives his king a flight square on f2 with 43 ... f3, then he gets mated by 43 ... Qe1 + 44. Kg4 Qg1 + 45. Kf4 e5 + 46. Ke4 Qe3 + 47. Kd5 Qxf3 #; 43. Qxh7 + also leaves White doomed after 43 ... Kf8: for example, 44. Qh6 + Bg7 45. Qh4 Be5 + 46. f4 Qe1 + 47. Kg4 Qe2 + 48. Kg3 Bc3, and white has no defence to ... Be1 ; or 44. Qd7 Be5 + 45. f4 Bxf4 + ( more simply, something like 45 ... Qxf4 + 46. Kg2 Qxg5 + 47. Kf2 Qg3 + 48. Ke2 Qg2 + 49. Kd1 Qxa2 also wins ) 46. Kf2 Be3 + 47. Kf1 Qf3 + 48. Ke1 Qf2 + 49. Kd1 Qf1 + 50. Kc2 Qc1 + 51. Kb3 Qc4 + 52. Kb2 Bd4 + 53. Kb1 Qd3 + 54. Kc1 Be3 +, and White loses his queen ( with mate soon to follow ).

If so, then Caesar's assassination can be portrayed as a defence of the Republic.

* If the offence scores a field goal, the scoring team must kickoff from their own 35-yard line.

* If the offence scores a touchdown, the scoring team must kickoff from their own 35-yard line.

If a kicked ball goes out of bounds, or the kicking team scores a single or field goal as a result of the kick, the other team likewise gets possession.

If they make what would normally be a field goal, they score one point ; what would normally be a touchdown scores two points ( a " two-point conversion ").

If the team scores a touchdown, starting with the 2010 season, it is required to attempt a 2-point conversion.

If five judges then the highest and lowest scores are discarded and the middle three are summed and multiplied by the degree of difficulty ( DD ), which is determined from a combination of the moves undertaken, in which position and from what height ).

If divers are scoring 8 or 9 on most dives, it may be a sign of their extreme skill, or it may be a sign that their dive list is not competitive, and they may lose the meet to a diver with higher DDs and lower scores.

If a dive is performed which is as submitted but not as ( incorrectly ) announced, it is declared failed and scores zero according to a strict reading of the FINA law.

If any part of the ball reaches any part of the imaginary vertical plane transected by this line while in-bounds and in possession of a player whose team is striving toward that end of the field, this is considered a touchdown and scores six points for the team whose player has advanced the ball to, or recovered the ball in, this position.

If any member of the offensive team is downed while in possession of the ball behind his own team's goal line, this is called a safety and scores two points for the defensive team.

If the Flynn effect has ended in developed nations, then this may possibly allow national differences in IQ scores to diminish if the Flynn effect continues in nations with lower average national IQs.

If he takes 5 tricks, he scores 5.

For example, a player bids 4: If he takes exactly 4 tricks, he scores 14.

If a player fails to make the contract and takes overtrick ( s ), he / she scores the number of tricks taken.

If a player has overbid, he / she scores the difference between tricks bid and tricks taken times-10.

) If a hand is made up of a pair, it always scores higher than a non-pair, no matter what the value of the pips are.

If the wrestler has passed out, the opponent then scores by submission.

On television before the game, New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath said, " If Miami gets the kickoff and scores on the opening drive, the game is over .".

If at least three points have been scored by each player, making the player's scores equal at forty apiece, the score is not called out as " forty-forty ", but rather as " deuce ".

If the serve is a clear failure or is doubted again by the umpire after the warning, receiver scores a point.

If a player can alter two words at once, he scores both, so if the word CAT were already played, then an H could be placed over the C, and then A, R, and P added to make both HAT and HARP.

If their test scores suddenly diverged by a large degree, this would be strong evidence that studying ( or going to the amusement park ) had a causal effect on test scores.

If neither scores within one minute, they both lose the match.