And Italy went so far as to pass federal legislation formally legalizing it.

Following a social media campaign by Uber's users, the D.C. City Council voted in July to formally legalize this type of service, with no minimum fare.

Starting in 2008, the borough has offered free wedding ceremonies and certificates to encourage couples to formally legalize their unions.

A bill formally legalizing the new parties was not expected to be enacted before April.

In truth, they are now able to act with impunity in their self-interest as the authorities promise to formally legalize this traffic someday.

Many states have taken steps to ban such unions through legislation or ballot initiatives, but Mr. Spitzer is the country's only governor to propose legislation to formally legalize such marriages.

The Legislature, in 1997, finally passed a bill that formally legalized the casinos and established a compact calling for 16 percent of the revenues to be paid to the state.

And that will remain the case until legislaton is enacted by the Russian Parliament formally legalizing the trade exchanges.

The new parliament was intended to formally legalize incorporation of Central Lithuania into Poland.