1.   Criminal charges and asset forfeitures, the government argues, should not be considered legally separate proceedings subject to the bar on double jeopardy.

2.   Criminal charges and asset forfeitures, the government argued, should not be considered legally separate proceedings subject to the bar on double jeopardy.

3.   Exchange officials also hope to put all three on a common trading system later this year, though the markets will remain legally separate and have slightly different rules.

4.   In the front of the courtroom, lawyers for the gun makers insisted that their international subsidiaries were legally separate from the American counterparts.

5.   The airline units would remain legally separate under their own government operating certificates, although ValuJet would change its name to AirTran Airlines.

6.   The initiative, the Bridge Group, has close ties to Bain but is a legally separate nonprofit organization.

7.   The two airline units would remain legally separate under the merged holding company, but ValuJet would change its name to AirTran Airlines.

8.   Both companies will remain legally separate but they will be run by a co-ordinating team created from their respective businesses.

9.   The two actions are legally separate, but will be heard together.