Such support is now barred by law, defense officials said.

Previously married women had been barred, by law, from doing so.

But a 1971 law barred political contributions given in the name of another person after April 7, 1972.

And some of the drug companies' defensive tactics could be barred by law.

In California such offenders are barred by law from living near schools and parks.

While blacks fought in every previous American war, a 1792 law barred them from the army.

State and local officials urged immigrants to keep their children in the schools, saying the law does not bar them from attending.

But the law still barred the entry of many people for ideological reasons.

A spokesman for the company said that such a takeover was barred by British law.

Bosnian law does not bar him from running for office since his conviction is in Croatia.