But if a federal judge assigns someone to write a paper - well, that's another matter.

In the next section, we'll examine the scores the judges assign to skaters.

Instead, the presiding judge in a case assigns a lawyer to represent the accused.

The judge then simply assigned someone from a group of lawyers sitting in the jury box.

The judge assigned to Peter's case, until Josie is called in as a witness.

If the court follows its usual practices, the senior judge in the majority will assign the writing of the decision.

There the three judges will decide the cases they have heard this morning and assign among themselves the writing of the court's opinions.

A judge watches each run and assigns a score based on their judgment.

"That doesn't mean that judges can't assign testing," he said.

Three judges comment on each piece and assign them a score.