11.   Georgia law recognizes marriages performed out of state only if they could have been legally performed in the state, Hall said.

12.   Georgia law recognizes marriages that occur out of state only if they take place under circumstances that would be legal here.

13.   Immigration laws do not recognize children who are U.S. citizens as the overriding argument against the deportation of their parents, he said.

14.   In fact, the law explicitly recognized the rights of masters by specifying that they should be compensated for the loss of their property.

15.   Monday that federal law does not recognize any medical benefits from marijuana, so doctors and clinics are barred from prescribing the illegal drug to treat seriously ill patients.

16.   Only recently has state law recognized that same-sex domestic violence exists.

17.   Such marriages are not recognized by law, but the court allowed the divorce after village elders failed to resolve the problems.

18.   The courts of appeals have differed as to whether or not the law recognizes the use of color alone as a trademark.

19.   The law ordinarily recognizes things as nuisances, like car wrecks left on the street, not people.

20.   The law recognizes just one union, the state-sanctioned All China Federation of Trade Unions, and prohibits the formation of independent groups.