The key to the agreement is an innovation that will permit smaller parties to field candidates in alliance with other, larger parties.

Now, he says, a dramatic decision to permit other parties is irreversible.

King Birendra announced a referendum to choose between the panchayat system and one that would permit political parties to operate.

The system permits voters, not parties or districting authorities, to decide what characteristics are important for political representation.

Permit political parties to organize and a free press to survive.

Critics contended that protests serve mainly to permit third parties to slow down the process for competitors.

Virginia law does not permit political parties to place school board candidates on the ballot.

The new rulers openly permitted political parties, forbidden during Tsarist rule, to function.

The Freedom of Information Act does not apply here because it does not permit third parties to go in and review other people's Government files.

It also permitted aggrieved parties to combine privately and seek satisfaction.