After Buller received a letter from Wontners confirming that civil action was taking place, he consulted the Judge Advocate General, who informed him that no military enquiry should take place while such a case was proceeding.
For many years, they were integral to the game; referees often consulted the judges to verify that a goal had been scored.
Although the White House did not seek to cut off questioning of Mr. Lindsey based on an assertion of executive privilege this afternoon, Mr. Lindsey's lawyers and prosecutors interrupted the proceedings for 45 minutes to consult with the judge supervising the grand jury in anticipation of formally arguing the issue on Thursday morning, the officials said.
The presiding judge, Masaya Hotta, is expected to hand down a ruling on 21 July after consulting the lay judges and three professional judges.
The delay will allow the judge to consult the State Department.
Meanwhile, in an even more brazen move against the judiciary, Abbas replaced the Chief Justice, without consulting the independent judges of the Supreme Judicial Council, and created a so-called Constitutional Court, which is almost certain to reject any of appeals of the regulation.
If ambiguity persists, the judge should then consult the regulatory analyses, which predict the rule's consequences under specific factual scenarios.
If the answer is not found in the six Hanbali texts, the judge may then consult the jurisprudence of the other three main Sunni schools or apply his independent judgment and legal reasoning, referred to as ijtihad.
The lawyers for the Parmalat defendants can consult the files that were presented to the judge.
Lawyers look to the local rules to guide their practice; judges likewise consult the local rules to guide their decisionmaking.
