11.   It also extended regulatory protection granted by law to banks because of their historic community roles as lenders and insured depositories of little-guy money.

12.   Ito noted that the law does not grant the defense equal access to the evidence while the prosecution is preparing its case.

13.   Justice Alice Schlesinger of state Supreme Court in Manhattan granted their request Friday, but state law grants the city an automatic stay from the adhering to the ruling.

14.   Nor, they said, did the law grant the judicial panel the authority to discipline independent counsels.

15.   Once an invention is on the market, the law grants the government the right to buy it without paying customary royalties.

16.   That law grants delays to military personnel facing lawsuits.

17.   The drug lobby will argue that the law grants the health minister unconstitutional powers.

18.   The executive law grants the governor the power to appoint a prosecutor to stand in for a local district attorney.

19.   The court also said the law granted preference to members of organized religions, but not to non-members with their own beliefs.

20.   The law grants more leeway to salvaging commercial vessels, because after a long period of time their abandonment is implied.