If Woodruff could not furnish a strong explanation, the governor insisted that he lower his prices in accord with the scale printed in The Advocate.

If the appellate court does find a legal defect in the decision " below " ( i. e., in the lower court ), it may " modify " the ruling to correct the defect, or it may nullify (" reverse " or " vacate ") the whole decision or any part of it.

If, for example, a string sounds the note C when plucked, a string twice as long will sound the same note an octave lower.

If the creditworthiness of the issuer deteriorates ( e. g. rating downgrade ) and its credit spread widens, the bond price tends to move lower, but, in many cases, the call option part of the convertible bond moves higher ( since credit spread correlates with volatility ).

If the shuttlecock has dropped lower, then a smash is impossible and a full-length, high clear is difficult.

If the dealer does not bust, each remaining bet wins if its hand is higher than the dealer's, and loses if it is lower.

* If is the norm ( usually noted as ) defined in the sequence space ℓ < sup >∞</ sup > of all bounded sequences ( which also matches the non-linear distance measured as the maximum of distances measured on projections into the base subspaces, without requiring the space to be isotropic or even just linear, but only continuous, such norm being definable on all Banach spaces ), and is lower triangular non-singular ( i. e., ) then

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 the rate is lower, the corporation will pay the difference to the seller.

If the observer is at a lower gravitational potential than the source, a gravitational blueshift can be observed instead.

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 the symbol width is n, the codes of width n + 1 fall naturally into two blocks: the lower block of 2 < sup > n </ sup > codes for coding single symbols, and the upper block of 2 < sup > n </ sup > codes that will be used by the decoder for sequences of length greater than one.

If too much water and not enough air surrounds the plants roots, it is possible to gradually lower the medium's water-retention capability by mixing in increasing quantities of perlite.

If the player wishes to play the upper 8 ' from the upper manual only and not from the lower manual, a stop handle disengages the jacks labeled A and engages instead an alternative row of jacks called " lute stop " ( not shown in the Figure ).

( If great wealth is not diluted, the positions in society tend to be much more fixed and opportunities to make an individual success are lower.

If there is a crystallographic structure to the target, and especially in semiconductor substrates where the crystal structure is more open, particular crystallographic directions offer much lower stopping than other directions.

If the lower case L is used as the symbol, it is sometimes rendered as a cursive ℓ to help distinguish it from the capital " I ", although this usage has no official approval by any international bureau.

If the bishop is a diocesan rather than a titular bishop, he is likely to delegate the daily functions to an auxiliary bishop or a lower cleric.

If the request for plea bargain is accepted by the court, the accused stands convicted but neither is sentenced if in trial nor undergoes any sentence previously pronounced by a lower court if in appeal.

If the higher energy state has a greater population than the lower energy state ( N < sub > 1 </ sub > < N < sub > 2 </ sub >), then the emission process dominates, and light in the system undergoes a net increase in intensity.

Straight or Flush with one pair: If you can play a face pair with an ace-face top when the straight or flush gives only a Q-x or lower top, play the strong pair with an ace-face top.

If there are symptoms, then fever, cervical motion tenderness, lower abdominal pain, new or different discharge, painful intercourse, or irregular menstrual bleeding may be noted.

If the initial infection is mostly in the lower tract, after treatment the person may have few difficulties.

If the case is thus determined by us to be domestic, the court has no jurisdiction.

If, in the trustee's judgment, `` reasonable market conditions '' did not prevail during any given year, he was to be allowed to petition the court for an extension of time within the ten-year period.

If a litigant chooses to enforce a Federal right in a State court, he cannot be heard to object if he is treated exactly as are plaintiffs who press like claims arising under State law with regard to the form in which the claim must be stated -- the particularity, for instance, with which a cause of action must be described.

If the appellate court finds no defect, it " affirms " the judgment.

If a party is dissatisfied with the finding of such a tribunal, one generally has the power to request a trial " de novo " by a court of record.

If the opponents win the rally and their new score is even, the player in the right service court serves ; if odd, the player in the left service court serves.

If the netshot is tight and tumbling, then the opponent's lift will not reach the back of the court, which makes the subsequent smash much harder to return.

If a pair is forced to lift or clear the shuttlecock, then they must defend: they will adopt a side-by-side position in the rear midcourt, to cover the full width of their court against the opponents ' smashes.

If a similar dispute has been resolved in the past, the court is bound to follow the reasoning used in the prior decision ( this principle is known as stare decisis ).

If, however, the court finds that the current dispute is fundamentally distinct from all previous cases ( called a " matter of first impression "), judges have the authority and duty to make law by creating precedent.

If a plan cannot be confirmed, the court may either convert the case to a liquidation under chapter 7, or, if in the best interests of the creditors and the estate, the case may be dismissed resulting in a return to the status quo before bankruptcy.

If this issue is raised, evidence will be placed before the court, which will normally rule as a preliminary matter whether the plea is substantiated, and if it so finds, the projected trial will be prevented from proceeding.

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

If the court does so, the lawyer may thereafter ply the witness with leading questions during direct examination.

If an application is denied by one judge of the FISC, the federal government is not allowed to make the same application to a different judge of the court, but must appeal to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.

If the Supreme Court grants certiorari and accepts the case, it will receive written briefs from each side ( and any amici curiae or friends of the court — usually interested third parties with some expertise to bear on the subject ) and schedule oral arguments.

If the detention is held to be unlawful, the prisoner can usually then be released or bailed by order of the court without having to be produced before it.

If they fail to answer, the person requesting can make an Application on Notice to the court and ask the procedural judge to make an order compelling the opponent to answer the questions.

If the person has a mental illness and it is determined that the mental illness interfered with the person's ability to determine right from wrong ( and other associated criteria a jurisdiction may have ) and if the person is willing to plead guilty or is proven guilty in a court of law, some jurisdictions have an alternative option known as either a Guilty but Mentally Ill ( GBMI ) or a Guilty but Insane verdict.

If civil commitment proceedings follow, the evaluation is presented in a formal court hearing where testimony and other evidence may also be submitted.

If the court finds that the respondent is " seriously mentally impaired ," he or she will be placed in a psychiatric hospital for further evaluation and possibly treatment.