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the licit
adjective
Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.
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Like many hackers, Gonzalez moved easily between the licit and illicit sides of computer security.
Trying to distinguish the illicit from the licit at America's borders is like trying to catch minnows at the base of Niagara Falls.
The licit, or legal market, is comprised of all guns that are registered and held by a person with a licence.
At issue is whether the United Nations conference in July should consider treaty mandates in order to control the licit trade.
"[Changing] the economic incentives away from the illicit economy to the licit economy, now that's a hell of a task, but that's exactly what indeed this new government seems to stand for," he said.
Thus, it is not possible for a discerning buyer to carry out a rigorous check on the pedigree of a potential purchase, and the licit cannot be distinguished from the illicit.
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[ 51] Data from the Drug Use module of the CCHS were extracted in order to determine the use of the following licit substances: pain relievers, tranquilizers, diet pills, antidepressants, opioid analgesics (such as codeine, Demerol or morphine), and sleeping pills.
But unlike many developing countries, which must import morphine for pain treatment, according to the International Narcotics Control Broad, India has been "the leading licit producer of opium for several decades, accounting for over 90percentnt of global production".
The modest plaza of Santo Domingo, a few blocks north of Mexico City's grand central square, the Zócalo, is a district of printing shops and stationery stores, dominated by a church which, with its solitary bell tower skewed off to the side, appears to be winking at the activities both licit and illicit unfolding below.
The orchestrated might of the black-uniformed SS in the lengthy march-past scenes of Triumph of the Will licits fear, but the image of the would-be master race intrigues at the same time.
This is illustrated by the fact that the elderly (≥65 years) in Sweden constituted 18% of the total population during 2007 [ 14], but they accounted for 41% of the total licit prescription drug costs [ 15].
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