The phrase "lenient law" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a law that is relatively lenient or lax in comparison to other laws, such as when it comes to regulations or punishments. For example, you could say "In this state, the lenient laws allow for more leniency in sentencing for certain crimes."
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In practice, however, a more lenient law has long governed the way immigration authorities treat foreigners who marry American citizens: Even if they overstayed, as long as they originally entered the country legally, they had been allowed to "adjust" their status to permanent resident.
In a 2010 Gallup survey 54 per cent of Americans wanted more lenient laws or the status quo.
It's ironic that the state that proposed the strictest law on illegal immigration is also the state with some of the most lenient laws on gun control.
Mr. Bloomberg has introduced legislation to ban smoking in all public places, including bars and restaurants, which currently operate under more lenient laws.
It was as a young priest in Jersey City, Bishop DiMarzio said, that he took up the lives of immigrants, and he would lobby Congress for more lenient laws as head of the Conference of United States Bishop's Office of Migration and Refugee Services.
What can be asserted is that the states with the strictest gun laws — Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York — have among the lowest gun death rates, according to figures from the federal Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, and those with the most lenient laws — Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi — have among the highest.
The state's lenient laws allowing distilleries to self-distribute, combined with a controversial ordinance that mostly bans supermarkets and convenience stores from selling liquor or full-strength beer, are one reason that the number of craft spirit makers in Colorado has grown from two in 2004 to more than 20 at last count.
Voters in Arizona will decide whether to decriminalise small amounts of marijuana; and in wide-open San Francisco, red-eyed voters may decide whether the city itself should start growing cannabis.The problem is how to reconcile these states' lenient laws with the stringent federal ones.
The lenient laws of quantum mechanics permit a lone electron to be in two places at once--as long as it strictly avoids any contact with its surroundings.
The Czech capital has had a significant Vietnamese presence since the Communist era, courtesy of lenient laws for immigrant workers.
