These meetings are usually under some special rules of discretion, in this case the so-called "Chatham House Rules".
Because some laws were written to permit school district administrators to have authority over teacher tenure under special circumstances, at times, discretion must be used to code a state's probationary period into a numerical value.
Why should prosecutors and judges have the discretion to give special treatment to those who sexually abuse their own children?
Mr. Pataki, who under state law has sole discretion to call special elections, acknowledged earlier this week that he could have acted sooner.
The committee notes that this approach does not preclude the court from exercising its existing discretion to appoint special advocates on an ad-hoc basis".
Invoking "sound discretion under the special circumstances of this case," Judge Friendly won over another judge on the panel, the redacted testimony was released by a 2-to-1 vote, and Mr. Biaggi's campaign ultimately collapsed.
The special courts give civilian judges discretion to consider a veteran's service-related drug or mental problems in sentencing, and have been praised by many experts as helping to ensure troubled veterans get needed treatment.
As Justice Scalia has said in an immigration case, "prosecutorial discretion" is the "special province of the Executive".
The Hall's executive committee said Wednesday in a news release that it can waive the five-year retirement rule "at its discretion based on special circumstances".
He had been on paid leave, on a special exempt list at the discretion of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, while his case moved through the court system.
