Vall agreed mentally; however, his real reason was procedural.
"Time Crime"
H. Beam Piper
The United States continues to believe that progress can best be made when nations focus on such specific problems, rather than on procedural and institutional questions.
"State of the Union Addresses of Jimmy Carter"
Jimmy Carter
It might give procedural privileges: trial by combat is excluded, and trial by compurgation is secured and regulated.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly