lawfulness

Example Sentences

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The order prevents the Pentagon from moving ahead with its punishment of the Arizona Democrat while he challenges the lawfulness of the sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

To help you and your sailors understand the legal principles at work whenever questions arise about the lawfulness of military orders, I will break them down:

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

The General Court -- the lower chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union -- said Amazon contested the lawfulness that imposed "specific obligations of transparency, cooperation and access to data".

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Wingfield is seeking to challenge the lawfulness of the NCAA’s “Five-Year Rule”, which contends that players are eligible to play four seasons of competition across five years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

Instead, crime reports were sensationalized and offered as further evidence of the breakdown in lawfulness, morality, and social stability in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander