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licitly
adverb
In a licit manner, legally, in a manner compatible with law.
synonyms
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The result is what have been nicknamed "Schwarzenegger" mice.Once brawny muscles have been acquired, whether licitly or illicitly, other genes might then be used to tune their activity.
Pope John Paul II's encyclical "The Gospel of Life" recognizes that a legislator opposed to abortion may licitly support proposals that make abortion more restrictive.
There is the olive oil boutique, with its rows of metal barrels and its sign inside saying "Check Your Oil," and the coffee shop that young, nattily dressed tourists wander into to get licitly high.
With half of licitly traded weapons ending up supplying illicit traffic, you are right that a standardized international system for vetting and documenting exports of small arms is urgently needed (editorial, April 10).
In this case, the gift could not be purchased licitly by another, naturally, for the unforced buyer would surely be a usurer.
Moreover, the buyer can purchase this licitly, as long as he does not intend to profit thereby.
The creditor who has given the loan in good conscience and without hope of profit has not committed usury, so he has "a right over the commune" that he can sell licitly.
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