By arbitrarily drawing a line between death and life — five minutes after the heart stops — they have raised difficult ethical questions.
FIFA also has opened itself to charges of deception by arbitrarily changing the rules of the draw from one World Cup to the next.
By arbitrarily ruling out certain areas, the judges suggested, the ordinances could deny offenders access to public transportation, treatment programs and employment.
Everything in Insomnia is very well thought out, apart from one moment – when Swank discovers Pacino's shady past by arbitrarily swinging her hands around behind a filing cabinet.
In his next brace of interviews, Miliband is bound to backtrack by arbitrarily listing recent television programmes and unconvincingly declaring them to be his favourite.
The report claims since the attack government officials, military commanders, and traditional leaders have silenced the town's community with threats and by arbitrarily arresting people who speak out.
But the McEvoys claim that town officials conspired to block the reconstruction of the bar by arbitrarily refusing to grant the necessary permits, fire approvals and a certificate of occupancy.
"Uzbek authorities repeatedly punish a wide variety of prisoners they see as potential government critics by arbitrarily extending their prison terms on often absurd grounds," said Brigitte Dufour, director of the International Partnership for Human Rights.
A1 Doctors Sue H.M.O.'s Two groups representing 7,000 Connecticut doctors sued six large H.M.O.'s, accusing the companies of harming patients by arbitrarily denying crucial medical treatment and illegally withholding payments.
It's certainly one in the eye for parliament, which abolished the offence of blasphemy in 2008 – but perhaps those outplayed politicians can now retaliate by arbitrarily changing the scoring system for the uneven bars.
Iran's religious establishment is trying to grab full control of the next Parliament by arbitrarily disqualifying thousands of candidates, many of them leading reformists, including some 80 current legislators seeking re-election next month.
