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At Chief Moose's request, Mr. Ashcroft also agreed today to invoke a provision in the criminal code that establishes federal jurisdiction in serial killer cases.

Soon after Mr. Zimmerman was arrested, there appeared to be a chance that the defense would invoke a provision of Florida self-defense law known as Stand Your Ground.

With South Carolina's unemployment rate already one of the highest in the nation, state lawmakers seem poised to invoke a provision of the federal stimulus law that allows them to override the governor's decision.

But in a concession to Lebanon, it does not invoke a provision of the U.N. Charter, Chapter 7, that has traditionally been used for approving the United Nations' most aggressive peacekeeping operations.

Bouton called Gérard Rameix, the secretary general of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, and told him that the bank would invoke a provision of French securities law which allows a publicly traded company to withhold information if such a disclosure would threaten the company's viability.

In the ruling, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals refused to invoke a provision of the New Jersey Constitution providing for an election if a vacancy occurs in the governor's office more than 60 days before the next general election.

But she also invoked a provision of Michigan's law that says movies underwritten by the state should help promote it as a tourist destination.

They issued an open letter to the Interior Ministry on Saturday, invoking a provision in Iran's Constitution granting the right to peaceful assembly.

A few weeks later, Amorello resigned under pressure after Romney invoked a provision in state law permitting the removal of a public official for cause.

The Clinton administration could easily have left the issue to President-elect George W. Bush, but instead invoked a provision of the law to abort the program.

But in doing so he automatically invoked a provision in the law that cut federal money to all international family planning organizations by $12 million.