31.   The rules also bar officials from directing that a nonprofit group receive a gift that they cannot legally accept.

32.   The rules barred abortions, and Justice DiNoto said that the landlord was free to evict the clinic.

33.   The rule against double jeopardy bars an appeal once a defendant has been subjected to a trial.

34.   The rule bars teams looking for a new head coach from interviewing assistants on playoff teams until those teams have finished playing.

35.   The rules barred agents from attending public rallies to observe groups and their leaders or to use the Internet except as part of an investigation.

36.   There are no electronic ways for access to third-market brokers from the exchange, and exchange rules barred trading at those prices.

37.   Tougher rules now bar wholesale adoptions, and the agency said it carefully monitors adoptions to keep the horses from being sold for slaughter.

38.   White House counsel Al Gonzales said Rove made no commitment on the Intel proposal and that federal ethics rules do not bar him from attending general policy meetings.

39.   Another rule bars defenders from impeding offensive players cutting through the lane.

40.   Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. Guadagno denied prosecutors did anything improper, and said court rules do not bar related cases from being assigned to the same judge.