Sentence examples for no legitimate purpose from inspiring English sources

"There is absolutely no legitimate purpose for doing this.

"This was a weapon, with no legitimate purpose.

It also risks public exposure of sensitive sources and methods for no legitimate purpose.

Opponents of the paralytic chemical say it serves no legitimate purpose and may mask agonizing pain.

Like many of Mr. Bush's other imperial excesses, this one serves no legitimate purpose.

To the extent an award is grossly excessive, it furthers no legitimate purpose and constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of property.

But to the former prosecutors, it is "settled understanding" that the statute has "no other legitimate purpose" except to hold a witness for testimony.

An example given of "potential behavioral indicators" of terrorism is "travel for no known lawful or legitimate purpose to a locus of TERRORISM ACTIVITY".

When the purpose of the law is not explicitly stated, the court may conclude that there is no legitimate public purpose, assume that there is a legitimate public purpose but refuse to look for it, or draw some inferences as to what it is.

The district attorney's office issued a statement in March after filing charges against Tseng, saying she and other doctors violated the law "by prescribing drugs for no legitimate medical purpose to otherwise healthy individuals for the sole purpose of the patient getting high.

The new regulations, effective immediately, are intended to curb the use of accounting methods that have no legitimate business purpose and are intended solely to lower a company's taxes.