11.   In Georgia, Democrat and Republican state legislators are pushing bills to outlaw the practice.

12.   In recent years India has struggled to outlaw the practice and prosecute those who do it.

13.   New York will become the first state where concerns about the dangers of driving and using hand-held cellphones has prompted legislation outlawing the practice.

14.   Otherwise, the practice would be outlawed.

15.   Putting homes atop small retail shops was once the norm for most cities, but the practice was outlawed by later zoning codes.

16.   Senegal recently outlawed the practice of female genital mutilation.

17.   Some states, like Pennsylvania and Arizona, are trying to enact legislation to outlaw the practice.

18.   That practice was outlawed after fraud soared and banks passed on the cost to consumers, Susswein said.

19.   The A.S.P.C.A. is asking the State Legislature to define spectators more carefully and outlaw practices leading up to cockfights.

20.   The Brazilian congress passed a law in May outlawing the practice as part of a reform of its labor laws.