lawfully

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Lawfully present migrants who have lived in the U.S. for five years can apply but are subject to restrictions.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

And if you have any other thing to demand, your case may be judged in an Assembly Lawfully called.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

Tis said to be approved, and recommended by that Reverend Person, for the satisfying some Scruples, whether a man may Lawfully write for the Stage.

From Essays on the Stage Preface to the Campaigners (1689) and Preface to the Translation of Bossuet's Maxims and Reflections on Plays (1699) by Krutch, Joseph Wood

Lawfully he sent his comrades along the Orinoko.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

Lawfully to do this required a tavern license; and it is a warrantable conclusion that such was the chief aim of Berry and Lincoln in procuring a franchise of this character.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 by Various