Under Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised ( RONR ), if no time or method has been fixed to reconvene the assembly, adjournment has the effect of dissolving the body.

Under Robert's Rules, a motion to adjourn is given high privilege even to the point of interrupting the pending question and, on adoption, it immediately closes the meeting.

Under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, " arraignment shall [...] of an open [...] reading the indictment [...] to the defendant [...] and call

Under Federal Court Rules, Rules 466, and Rule 467 a person who is accused of Contempt needs to be first served with a contempt order and then appear in court to answer the charges.

Under Tax Court of Canada Rules of Tax Court of Canada Act, a person who is found to be in contempt may be imprisoned for a period of less than two years or fined.

Under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, if the defendant is entitled to a jury trial, he may waive his right to have a jury, but both the government ( prosecution ) and court must consent to the waiver.

Under the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, laches is an affirmative defense, which means that the burden of asserting laches is on the party responding to the claim to which it applies.

Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, and most state rules which parallel them, pleas may not be used to defeat the hearsay prohibition if offered as an " admission by party-opponent ".

Under the current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ( 28 U. S. C.

Under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, the appeal must have " a real prospect of success ", or there must be " some other compelling reason why the appeal should be heard " for it to be accepted.

Under " Terry Rules " the shithead's only role is to deal the next set of cards although " Russian Rules " give a further role ( see regional variations ).

Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure process may be served by any U. S. citizen over the age of 18 who is not a party involved in the case.

Under these almost all civil actions, other than those connected with insolvency, are now begun by the completion of a ' Claim Form ' as opposed to a ' Writ ', ' Originating Application ', or ' Summons ': see Rules 7 and 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules.

Under Arcade Rules, the player starts with an initial time limit of one minute, which can be extended through time bonuses earned for quick deliveries.

Under the House Rules the Chairman and members of standing committees are selected through a two-step procedure where the Democratic Caucus and the Republican Conference recommends members to serve on Committees, the majority party recommends a Chairman, and the Minority Party recommends a Ranking Member and finally the full House approves the recommendation of the Party Caucuses.

Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, an assertive statement can be oral, written, or non-verbal conduct if it was intended to be an assertion.

Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, two broad categories of statements are exempt from the rule's general definition.

Under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, civil claims under £ 5, 000 are dealt with in the County Court under the ' Small Claims Track '.

Richie has guest starred in television series including Eve, Six Feet Under and American Dreams, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, and playing the recurring character Heather Chandler on Chuck .< ref >

Under normal circumstances, House Democrats aren't allowed to serve on another committee when they also serve on one of the chamber's four exclusive " A " committees — Appropriations, Energy and Commerce, Rules, and Ways and Means.

Under House Rules, an exception to this is that five Members of the Appropriations Committee must serve on the House Budget Committee — three for the Majority and two for the Minority.

Under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, a party may raise by motion any defense, objection, or request that the court can determine without a trial of the general issue.

Under Rule 907, ( Rules for Courts-Martial ), a motion to dismiss is a request to terminate further proceedings on one or more criminal charges and specifications on grounds capable of resolution without trial of the general issue of guilt.

Under the circumstances, I had difficulty keeping up with the conversation on the phone, but when I hung up I was reasonably certain that Francesca had wanted to remind me of our town meeting the next evening, and how important it was that Hank and I be there.

Under normal circumstances Casey was a little fussy when people told him what to do with pictures he had taken.

Under Parthian and Sassanian Iranian empires, scholars concentrated on exchanging knowledge and inventions by the countries around them – India, China, and the Roman Empire, when it is thought to be expanded over the other countries.

Under 28 USC 3, when the Chief Justice is unable to discharge his functions, or that office is vacant, his duties are carried out by the most senior Associate Justice until the disability or the vacancy ends.

Under the new rule, when any runner is thrown out, and the other ( s ) are successful, the successful runners will not be credited with a stolen base.

Under its 1990 constitution, Croatia operated a semi-presidential system until 2000 when it switched to a parliamentary system.

Under some conditions, forests and peat bogs may become sources of CO < sub > 2 </ sub >, such as when a forest is flooded by the construction of a hydroelectric dam.

Under the Nordic Language Convention, citizens of the Nordic countries speaking Danish have the opportunity to use their native language when interacting with official bodies in other Nordic countries without being liable for any interpretation or translation costs.

Under a Uniform Act in force in most jurisdictions of the United States, being an organ donor is a simple process that can often be accomplished when a driver's license is renewed.

Under the Hallstein Doctrine, the FRG did not have any diplomatic relations with countries in Eastern Europe until the early 1970s, when Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik led to increased dialogue and treaties like the Treaty of Warsaw, where West Germany accepted the Oder-Neisse line as German-Polish border, and the Basic Treaty, where West and East Germany accepted each other as sovereign entities.

Under him Albornoz started the military campaign against Visconti and, when all attacks failed, Urban proclaimed a crusade against him.

Under the Kyoto Protocol, the Conference of the Parties decided ( decision 2 / CP. 3 ) that the values of GWP calculated for the IPCC Second Assessment Report are to be used for converting the various greenhouse gas emissions into comparable CO < sub > 2 </ sub > equivalents when computing overall sources and sinks.

Under the London Declaration, India agreed that, when it became a republic in January 1950, it would join the Commonwealth of Nations and accept the British monarch as a " symbol of the free association of its independent member nations and as such the Head of the Commonwealth ".

Under the American judicial system, juries are often the trier of fact when they serve in a trial.

Under the terms of their contract, the band had autonomy in deciding when they would release albums and tour and had final say over the contents and design of each album.

The group was subsequently mostly inactive after that, although Hay and Ham had performed on occasion as Men at Work with guest musicians, including an appearance in February 2009, when they performed " Down Under " at the Australia Unites Victorian Bushfire Appeal Telethon.

Under Marshall's conception of the judicial process in Marbury, judges themselves have no independent agency and can never take into account the consequences of their actions when deciding cases.

Under ordinary circumstances, tyramine is deaminated in the liver to an inactive metabolite, but, when the hepatic MAO ( primarily MAO-A ) is inhibited, the " first-pass " clearance of tyramine is blocked and circulating tyramine levels can climb.

Under AOL, Netscape's browser development continued until December 2007, when Tom Drapeau, director of AOL's Netscape Brand, announced that the company would stop supporting Netscape software products as of March 1, 2008.

Under the narrow method, when there are apparently two contradictory meanings to a word used in a legislative provision or it is ambiguous, the least absurd is to be used.

Under the broad method, the court may reinterpret the law at will when it is clear that there is only one way to read the statute.

Under Francia, the state acquired about 1, 000 slaves when it confiscated property from the elite.

Under the reign of Augustus, when the capital had grown to almost one million inhabitants, 14 wards were created ; the wards were protected by seven squads of 1, 000 men called " vigiles ", who acted as firemen and nightwatchmen.

Under the direction of anthropologist Margaret Mead, the Parapsychological Association took a large step in advancing the field of parapsychology in 1969 when it became affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science ( AAAS ), the largest general scientific society in the world.

Under Gylippus, the Syracusans and their allies were able to decisively defeat the Athenians on land ; and Gylippus encouraged the Syracusans to build a navy, which was able to defeat the Athenian fleet when they attempted to withdraw.