legal justification
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalandjustification
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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justification
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdʒʌs.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdʒʌs.tə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a good reason or explanation ...
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(Definition oflegalandjustificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflegal justification
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There are even theories oflegaljustificationthat deny the logic of override.
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Finally, the ver y nature oflegaljustificationmay be in the process of evolving.
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The practice oflegaljustificationin a particular system may require that reasons of a certain sort be given for these moves.
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The number and proportion of records accompanied by the mention of alegaljustificationor a guarantorship can also be easily calculated.
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They may all be coming to some understanding of whatlegaljustificationrequires, of the best way (or the best institutionally permissible way) of balancing conflicting demands inlegaljustification.
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Judges may be engaged in an ongoing dialogue with their learned colleagues and legal experts, a dance of their own, in working out what will count as adequatelegaljustification.
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Dream interpretation played an important role in thelegaljustificationof this limitation.
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There is nolegaljustificationfor it.
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Secondly, there is a lack of legal coherence and above all a lack oflegaljustificationin these transfers of competence.
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This assertion is completely groundless; it is not alegaljustification.
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There is nolegaljustificationfor the title.
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That is thelegaljustificationfor the military strikes.
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We voted for this one, but surely there is nolegaljustificationto vote for something and then say that it is not legally binding.
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Thelegaljustificationfor the use of force would have to be considered in the light of circumstances at the time.
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I was concerned to see that there was fulllegaljustificationfor it.
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It is merely alegaljustificationfor certain attitudes of mind.
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That definition is thelegaljustificationfor those proceedings.
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In the absence of such evidence, there is nolegaljustificationfor bringing them to an early end.
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Is there anylegaljustificationfor that?
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