lawful
Example Sentences
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"The above measures are aimed at curbing Japan's 'remilitarisation' and nuclear ambitions and are completely legitimate, reasonable and lawful," a commerce ministry statement said.
From Barron's
The former trainer claimed ICE has cut 240 hours of lessons from a 584-hour program, which he said meant dispensing with classes about firearm safety, lawful arrests, proper detention and the limits to officers’ authority.
Although taxes are generally lawful, that isn’t true of everything called a tax.
The Pentagon wanted the startup’s popular chatbot, Claude, to be available to the military for “all lawful uses,” we reported late last month.
A judge eventually ruled the Home Office had no lawful grounds to detain him.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
