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Example sentences for: lawful

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Corporation grantees are permitted to represent several classes of aliens, including lawful permanent aliens, refugees, persons granted asylum, and temporary agricultural workers admitted under the "H-2A" program.
The latest ultraright rumbling comes from remote West Texas, where a militia-allied group has proclaimed itself the lawful government of the independent Republic of Texas.
Few people today know what he meant by the lovely word sublunary . Literally, it means "beneath the moon," and Johnson was alluding to an ancient, widespread belief that there was an unbreachable division between the cosmos, thought to be pristine, lawful, and unchanging, and our grubby, chaotic Earth below.
Seattle could contend that nothing short of an outright ban on downtown demonstrations would have both protected public safety and ensured that non-protestors (including WTO delegates) would be able go about their lawful business.
In areas along the Mexico-United States border, it is common for lawful permanent resident aliens to live in Mexico and work in the United States.