If a fighter is knocked down during the fight, determined by whether the boxer touches the canvas floor of the ring with any part of their body other than the feet as a result of the opponent's punch and not a slip, as determined by the referee, the referee begins counting until the fighter returns to his or her feet and can continue.

If a " clinch " – a defensive move in which a boxer wraps his or her opponents arms and holds on to create a pause – is broken by the referee, each fighter must take a full step back before punching again ( alternatively, the referee may direct the fighters to " punch out " of the clinch ).

If this occurs, the referee separates the opponents and orders them to continue boxing.

If the ball has left the field along the sidelines, the referee must decide which team touched the ball last, and award a restart stroke to the opposing team, just like football's throw-in.

If both fencers hit at the same time, the referee uses the rules of " right of way " to determine which fencer gets the point.

If the referee reaches the count of five, and the wrestler still does not break the hold, he is disqualified.

If all the active wrestlers in a match are down inside the ring at the same time, the referee will begin a count ( usually ten seconds, twenty in Japan ).

If the opponent in the hold begins to tap out at the same time a referee counts to three for pinning the opponent delivering the hold, both opponents have legally achieved scoring conditions simultaneously.

If a boxer trails by more than 20 points, the referee stops the fight and the boxer that is leading automatically wins ; bouts which end this way may be noted as " RSC " ( referee stopped contest ) with notations for an outclassed opponent ( RSCO ), outscored opponent ( RSCOS ), injury ( RSCI ) or head injury ( RSCH ).

If, however, the referee is on the court during play, the referee may overrule the umpire's decision ( This would only happen in Davis Cup or Fed Cup matches, not at the World Group level, when a chair umpire from a non-neutral country is in the chair ).

If the lifter should use an offset or unequal grip on the bar, whereby one hand is placed outside the marking or tape, it is the lifters responsibility to explain this to the head referee, and allow inspection of the intended grip prior to making an attempt.

* If the two competing clubs cannot agree to a referee, the trustees will appoint one, and the two teams shall cover the expenses equally.

If the two competing clubs cannot agree on other officials, the referee will appoint them, and the two clubs shall also pay the expenses equally

If an athlete is unhappy with track conditions after the " on your marks " command is given, the athlete must raise a hand before the " set " command and provide the Start referee with a reason.

* If a player does not retreat the entire distance the referee marked, they are considered offside.

* If the Half takes too long to retrieve the ball the referee can call play on and defenders are allowed to move forward before the Half has touched the ball.

If these fall out during competition the gyoji ( or referee ) will throw them from the ring at the first opportunity.

If either of the " Inside " players throws the ball before the referee calls the score, it must be re-thrown and a warning will be given to the thrower.

If one man fails to come to the scratch in the 10 seconds allowed, it shall be in the power of the referee to give his award in favour of the other man.

* If both fighters are on the verge of falling out of the ring or become entangled in the ropes, the referee would stop the action.

If an off-target hit is made with priority, the play is halted, the fencers are put back on guard by the referee, and play resumes.

If he decides to proceed, he will custom-make for Susie an appliance consisting of bands, plastic plates, fine wires, and tiny springs.

If a tile is placed between two hotel chains of the same size, the individual player who places the tile decides which hotel chain remains on the board and which is acquired.

If someone decides to donate to help orphan children, but decides to donate less, say, to black children out of a racist attitude, he or she will be acting in a discriminatory way even the people he discriminates against are actually benefitted by having some money donated to them.

If the judiciary decides in favor of the government because the country is secular, they would be considered to be Muslim individuals acting under compelling circumstances.

If the user decides to download the file, they negotiate the file transfer.

If one decides to go the concert, then they are giving up valuable time to study, but if they choose to do homework then the cost is giving up the concert.

If the firm decides to operate, the firm will continue to produce where marginal revenue equals marginal costs because these conditions insure not only profit maximization ( loss minimization ) but also maximum contribution.

If a manager decides that his client wrestler should tap out, but cannot convince the wrestler himself to do so, he may throw in the towel ( literally taking a gym towel and hurling it into the referee's line of sight ); this is the same as a submission, as the manager is, in kayfabe, considered the wrestlers agent, and therefore, authorized to make formal decisions ( such as forfeiting a match ) on the client's behalf.

If the rapporteur judge decides that the case can proceed, the case if referred to a Chamber of the Court which, unless it deems the application inadmissible, communicates the case to the government of the state against which the application is made, asking the government for its observations.

If the government decides to levy a beer tax of $ 3. 00 per glass, the consumer might prefer to drink wine.

If the tribunal decides that he is an unlawful combatant, he is not considered a protected person under GCIII.

" If there are no goals after both periods of extra time, a penalty shootout decides the game.

If the player decides not to withdraw part of their wager, they are said to " let it ride ".

If a bowler, usually a leg spin bowler, decides to attack the batsman's legs in an attempt to force a stumping, bowl him behind his legs, or induce a catch on the leg side, the field may stack 4-5 towards the leg side.

If the committee decides that a student's writing skills need more work, they recommend a class to help, and the student must prepare another portfolio, at least 10 pages of which must be new, at the end of the next semester for re-evaluation.

If, for example, a company with its own warehousing facilities decides to employ external transportation, this would be an example of third-party logistics.

If the Third Umpire decides that the on-field umpire made an incorrect decision then he will inform the on-field umpire, via headsets, of what he has seen and tell him to either change his decision or to stay with his original decision.

If the player decides to trust the Oracle, the game is drastically shorter, with the entire Commons, Catacombs and Mines sections removed, though it is also more difficult due to the order in which the bosses are fought.

If one decides to undergo surgery, a specialized center should be preferred.

If a port house decides that its wine is of quality sufficient for a vintage, samples are sent to the IVDP for approval and the house declares the vintage.

If the minority has fallen below 3, 000 persons and 6 % of inhabitants, then the municipality must become monolingual, unless it decides to keep its bilingual status.

If a woman decides to keep the child the father may choose not to by severing all ties legally.

If H < sub > f </ sub > is in this time complexity class, it means we can construct some machine K which, given some machine description and input x, decides whether the tuple (, x ) is in H < sub > f </ sub > within.

If the examining judge decides there is a valid case against a suspect, the accused is sent for adversarial trial by jury.