But tobacco and advertising industry officials argued that although the Court declined to hear that case, it did not rule definitively on whether such a ban violates the First Amendment.

On the other, that the FEC could not definitively rule this course of action as unlawful leaves open the possibility that it is lawful.

The Court did not rule definitively on the remaining outcrop, South Ledge, merely declaring that it belongs to the state in the territorial waters of which it is located.

If the trial judge or appeals courts cannot move quickly, it behooves them to rule definitively that this kind of order is intolerable under the Constitution.

Even Patricio Miranda wouldn't definitively rule Irwindale out of any future deal.

In 1995, the State Court of Appeals ruled definitively that state law permitted "second parent" adoption.

I don't pretend to understand where it came from, but it's obvious that until it's resolved, it will be impossible for anyone to rule definitively in this case.

The courts have yet to rule definitively on whether the law still applies to legislators who have resigned, Ms. Ryan said.

After an exhaustive investigation, a government commission in Canada ruled definitively and unequivocally this week that Maher Arar was no terrorist.

The DfT, maintaining that it was an illegal LHV, conceded that only the courts could definitively rule on the issue.