Finally, the company must decide whether to lodge criminal charges or pursue.

The judge's order lodged formal charges against Mr. Yarkas and seven of his subordinates, while freeing three others.

The board also lodged charges against Local 854, which an internal Teamsters report said was dominated by the Gambino crime family from 1950 through 1993.

Authorities have said they lodged civil charges because they did not believe the men sought to destroy anything.

Its purpose is to make the criminal-justice system more sensitive to women who might otherwise be reluctant to lodge charges of rape or abuse.

Police have lodged numerous charges, but he has yet to be convicted of any.

Police officers drove him from station to station, but failed to lodge charges against him.

Opposition leaders said they would also lodge charges with the agency that organizes federal elections.

Under New Jersey law, state prosecutors have the discretion of lodging adult charges against any juvenile defendant, but a judge has to approve the action.