Natural justice applies at investigative stages:

It cannot stay (stop) a subpoena duces tecum to produce documents in the investigative stage.

"We've made very substantial progress, and we're very much in the investigative and evaluative stage," he said.

But thus far that probe appears to be in the, well, early investigative stages of its development, prompting RCA to ask the government to get on the ball.

These questions acquire a particular poignancy when it comes to the investigative stage of a crime, during which young suspects are interviewed by the police.

During the investigative stage, defendants can submit questions in writing to the investigating judge.

Approximately $5 billion in manufacturing investment is anticipated in the 2010-2015 period with a further $5 plus billion in the investigative stage over the next decade.

In 1989, he was charged with crimes against humanity for rounding up thousands of Jews for deportation, but the case is still at the investigative stage.

So far," Ms. Genesen said, "we're in the investigative stage.

"I am at the investigative stage right now," she said.