Now we wouldn't rent to a state agency without making sure the provisions for cancellation were ironclad, that technical loopholes were closed as tightly as possible.

A paper published in this week's edition of Science examines in detail one of the technical loopholes to the preceding statement.

Relatively few injunctions were issued, and thanks to technical loopholes "it was a weapon too infrequently used, and too easily parried" to have any long-term impact.

Later, slave trafficking was expressly forbidden by utilizing clever technical loopholes in the application of sharia, or Islamic law.

Even if some cases fall beyond the statute of limitations, technical loopholes could be found to allow prosecutors and the police to learn about the presence of potential child molesters.

No doubt, the European Corporate Community was pleased at having found the technical loophole that assured the superiority of Hanover's claim to Gordon's.

"The law is a series of technical loopholes serving the shrewd but not serving the interests of justice," Ms. Grall told the committee.

"The idea was not to let any person get away because of a legal or technical loophole, not to have double standards."

He also stated: "I consider myself Catholic, lock, stock and barrel, with this technical loophole: I cannot believe in God.

My bill will streamline the Senate's operations and close technical loopholes that can be used to prevent Senators from having a substantive debate on legislation.