The plan, the 1990 proxy statement explained, was deemed "fair and reasonable under the circumstances."

A different belief system is not deemed a legitimate cause for violence or war under Islamic law.

The neglect is visible in black communities across the country, which were deemed unworthy of investment under the old government.

Four days later, it was deemed a corporation existing under Philippine law.

Five alarms were sounded, and more than eight hours passed before the fire was deemed under control.

More than seven million people living in Germany are deemed foreigners under laws that are based on blood lineage.

Second, they say, prior administrations and the Bush administration itself approved many of the state taxes that would be deemed improper under the new rules.

They say the commission has refused to identify specific material that would be deemed indecent under the standards.

A judge had deemed the information inadmissible under an obscure Michigan law.