He utilized the little-known provision in Section 10 of Article IV of the state constitution by unilaterally adjourning the legislature to prevent it from passing the resolution the first time.

So Alex and their grandmother have petitioned immigration officials to bring her here under an old but little-known provision called "humanitarian parole."

Finally, under the Local Government Act 1972, there is a little-known provision under which non-binding local referendums on any issue can be called by small groups of voters.

The intrigue has its roots in a little-known provision of law.

The proposal for councils to lend to homeowners entering residential care represents a radical development of a little-known existing provision for deferred payment of care home fees.

Behind the scenes, they have spent even more time working on little-known provisions of the legislation that benefit specific health care providers and energy companies.

Mr. Green said he hoped that the little-known provision of the Charter would provide a speedier method of examining the mayor's decision to release the records.

Now candidates facing rich opponents can use a little-known provision in the campaign finance law passed by Congress last year that allows them to break federal contribution limits.

Using a little-known provision in the Federal tax code, she exchanged the properties for others and averted more than $40,000 in total Federal, state and local taxes.

Under a little-known provision, he was also ordered to pay for his incarceration, a cost a federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman said was at least $21,601 a year.