And in that takeover order was a merger condition, enforceable by the FCC, for Comcast to run a non-discriminatory, neutral network according to the relatively nebulous FCC rules for seven years, even if those rules are overturned in court.
He maintains his expenses complied with somewhat nebulous Senate rules and that he was forced to repay them under pressure from officials in the prime minister's office.
All this is unfamiliar territory, governed by nebulous convention.
The very process of Britain's withdrawal from the EU is nebulous under European Union rules.
David Jones writes in The Patriot-News, though, that the machinery is so reliant on the moneymaking powers of Penn State football that it can't be deconstructed, although there are plenty of people — Slate.com's Josh Levin, for one — calling for the N.C.A.A. to do just that with its rarely used death penalty and nebulous "lack of institutional control" rule.
We say "may be," because the actual details of the Obama administration's rule are still nebulous.
And Europe also offers a more nebulous pact of solidarity between rulers and ruled.
Though officially banned from politics on the nebulous charge of trying to impose Saudi-style religious rule, he still pulls the strings: Mr Kutan is plainly his man.
Mr. Sietsema, in an interview, said this is a "nebulous area of quasi-journalism" that is produced under no particular rules.
There are some hard and fast rules, such as an 18-character limit, but also some more nebulous ones about vulgarity and inappropriateness.
