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lawfully

adverb as in rightly

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“Really, if you want to ethically and lawfully run a governmental entity, you cannot produce more product than the staff you have,” he said.

The Road Traffic Act exempts emergency vehicles from observing speed limits to lawfully undertake their duties.

From BBC

The case has outraged many who have raised concerns about recent deportations carried out by the Trump administration of noncitizens who are in the US lawfully.

From BBC

It quotes a 1953 Supreme Court decision that said: “’Once an alien lawfully enters and resides in this country, he becomes invested with the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people within our borders.’”

From Salon

It said it believed it lawfully recruited staff from Nigeria and other countries.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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