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I would widen the police powers to seize the cash of suspected drug dealers, the cars they drive round in, and require them to prove they came by them, lawfully.
Unless they are being used for the specified purpose of determining whether the detained person fills the definition of "terrorist" under section 40(1)(b) then the power to detain and question cannot be lawfully used.
"The University of Birmingham Guild of Students recognises the right of students to protest peacefully and lawfully on the university campus to raise awareness, and will support those students who wish to do so.
Nero is also bringing separate litigation against Mosby contending that Gray was arrested lawfully.
It could then give three months' notice to quit the NPT lawfully and build its bomb.Yet that might not be calamitous.
It suggests two alternatives: one forcing Microsoft to "untie" the two products and produce a version of Windows without WMP; the other a "must-carry" approach, which would require Microsoft to include its leading rivals' media-player software with every copy of Windows.Untying the Gordian knotThe crux of the matter is, can Microsoft lawfully integrate other pieces of software into Windows?
"When union leaders and pension plan trustees base investment decisions on politics, we question how they can do so lawfully ," the congressmen wrote.The irony is that few financial-services firms may benefit much in the near future even if Mr Bush's proposals pass Mr Sweeney's "hundreds of billions" notwithstanding.
His critics' main charges were that he regained family property (entirely lawfully ) and then got bogged down in a squabble about its division (not his fault).
Mick Palmer, a former head of the federal police force, is conducting an inquiry into the Immigration Department after allegations that it wrongfully detained up to 200 people lawfully resident in Australia.
It has also shown a soldierly taste for micro-managing civilians including enforcing "no honking zones" in the capital.But the government's main aim, by its own declaration, is to make Bangladesh's political parties behave more lawfully and democratically.
In principle, enforced retirement at a given age will be banned; but the government is open to the idea that some employers could "objectively" justify a fixed age, and/or that any employer could lawfully push workers out at 70.Will it work?
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The primary grammatical function of "lawfully" is to act as an adverb , modifying verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to indicate that an action is performed in a manner consistent with the law. Ludwig confirms its usage in numerous examples.
Expression frequency: Very common
