Other arguments against plain packaging include its effect on smuggling, its effect on shops and retailers, and its possible illegality.

Included will be testimony about the possible illegality of using a C.I.A. proprietary airline for the shipment without a formal Presidential finding authorizing the agency's involvement.

Asked about the possible illegality of a meeting, Brown said, "I'd check with our league counsel to see if it was legal or illegal."

Mr. La Bella is the former head of the Justice Department unit responsible for investigating possible illegalities arising from the 1996 campaign.

A partner of the accounting firm that conducted the review, Peat Marwick, said there was evidence of possible illegalities.

Besides possible illegalities, house-sharing has other potential drawbacks.

But that is based on the assumption that those discussions concern possible illegalities.

But tell me: How do you think possible illegality in the gold trades relates to the death of Lewis Starrett?

He had been reluctant to pursue Desai's original notion of attacking the possible illegality of the directives issued by Starfleet Command.

But she said that no possible illegalities appeared to have arisen from the transactions, and she concluded that no further inquiry into Mr. Jaffe was warranted.