31.   Similarly, in the absence of rational legal codes and a well-developed legal profession, the work of judges and courts is politicized or just for sale.

32.   Tens of thousands of Filipinos work as household maids in Singapore, a prosperous, authoritarian city-state that prides itself on its strict legal code.

33.   The government issued a statement late Monday intended to clarify the issue, which left open the chance that the agency would gain immunity under the new legal code.

34.   The statement said that under the civil aviation legal code, an airline is responsible for damage caused by any pieces that fall off its aircraft.

35.   The suit cites a French legal code that holds airlines responsible for objects that fall off their planes.

36.   The United States has a rigorous legal code on the export of small arms, but enforcement has been inadequate.

37.   They have moved freely across the border, largely administering their affairs according to a tribal legal code.

38.   This drew an outburst from the Saudi delegates, who said that the committee had no jurisdiction over Shariah, the Islamic legal code derived from the Quran.

39.   They want to argue their case from within the Sharia, the Islamic legal code that governs their lives, not just from a secular perspective.

40.   Under a rarely enforced clause in the legal code, the government is therefore entitled to take action against her.