1.   At the same time, many schools across the nation will be closed next Friday, not under specific state statutes but because of policies of local school districts.

2.   Backer and Hutcherson said Missouri has struggled to obtain consensus for changing the specific statutes governing the account.

3.   Cockfighting was already illegal in Kansas under animal cruelty laws, but the state had no specific statutes addressing the practice.

4.   Criminals are being prosecuted under specific statutes dealing with violations ranging from mail fraud to money laundering and forgery to conspiracy.

5.   In Florida, the initiative process applies only to state constitutional amendments and not to the enacting or repealing of specific statutes, as in California and elsewhere.

6.   Some scholars questioned the legality of a trial in the absence of specific statutes.

7.   The dental mercury case revisited that same question, in the context of a specific state statute, rather than liability to state lawsuits.

8.   The dental mercury case revisited that question, in the context of a specific state statute, rather than liability to state lawsuits.

9.   The specific statute controls the non-specific statute.