Others rules, like the restraints on the use of expert witnesses, are informal policy but have never been given the force of a Federal order.

Before, the state had an informal policy.

Structural walls were lowered dramatically during the war, especially informal policies against hiring women, minorities, and workers over 45 or under 18.

There is an informal policy of only having current students to be on the air; community volunteers and alumni are not allowed.

That's all to the good, but it remains informal policy and ought to be formalized.

There are also informal policies in some club circles regarding the total length of a viewed show.

At first, the school adopted an informal policy of letting students carry phones.

Still, many firms have only informal policies, or don't adequately train managers about how to apply them evenhandedly.

County judges called the informal policy, which had been in effect with few interruptions for at least 30 years, a "Christmastime moratorium."

"We don't even have an informal policy about height."