The phrase "action was permissible" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing whether a particular action is allowed or acceptable according to rules, laws, or guidelines.
Example: "After reviewing the regulations, we concluded that the action was permissible under the current policy."
Alternatives: "the action was allowed" or "the action was authorized."
She disowned the "wise Latina" remark and settled on a purely legalistic justification of her ruling in the New Haven case: that the action was permissible because the city feared a lawsuit charging that the exam had a "disparate impact" on certain minorities.
Concluding that the program did not meet the standard, and must be struck down, Powell's memorandum stated that affirmative action was permissible under some circumstances, and eventually formed much of his released opinion.
Second, police action is permissible when a state acts in self-defense against imminent attack by another state, which is deemed the aggressor even if it has not yet attacked.
But many have argued that this is an implausible description of the soldier's action and that his action is permissible even if he does intend to let himself be blown up by the grenade as a means of protecting the others from the explosion.
Under international law, specifically Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, police actions are permissible under two circumstances.
"We correctly concluded at the time that the actions were permissible under the profession's rules and that they were commonplace.
Ernst & Young vowed to defend itself, saying its actions "were permissible under the profession's rules and were commonplace" at the time.
But the five men and seven women on the panel disagreed on whether Google's actions were permissible under "fair use" protections of US law.
Rights dominate modern understandings of what actions are permissible and which institutions are just.
For example, it seems that rules prohibiting murder and rape do not need to be justifiable to, or acceptable to everyone, including those persons who sincerely wish to engage in these actions and would prefer that such actions be permissible.
Since supererogatory actions are permissible, not obligatory, it follows that a failure to forgive, at least in circumstances where forgiving would be supererogatory, would not, contrary to the aforementioned view, be a vice.
