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  • I arrived here in the year 1743 and there being no fund for sinking of what is called our Lawful paper money, I applyed my self with dilligence and steadiness to pay off and Cancel the Public Orders, and I found a very great Load of these, for which the Public Faith was engaged, but I found also a great reluctance against paying them off, and an incurable desire to have more issued.

    South Carolina: Governor James Glen to the Board of Trade, July 13, 1751 (excerpt) 1751

  • NSN has confirmed to the Guardian that it sold the Iranian regime a monitoring system called Lawful Interception Management System (LIMS) in 2008.

    Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • As Tom Paine has posted the Jury has now been out for six days in the De Menezes Inquest, hopefully the jurors are not going to stand for the direction from the Coroner that they should find that the execution of an innocent man by the State should be recorded as either 'Lawful' 'open' or 'narrative'.

    Archive 2008-12-01 IanPJ 2008

  • As Tom Paine has posted the Jury has now been out for six days in the De Menezes Inquest, hopefully the jurors are not going to stand for the direction from the Coroner that they should find that the execution of an innocent man by the State should be recorded as either 'Lawful' 'open' or 'narrative'.

    Equal before the Law ? Guthrum 2008

  • At the same time "Lawful" characters believe that it is important to adhere to the rule of law, while "Chaotic" characters are more concerned with personal freedoms than with laws.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Josek 2010

  • "Lawful" conjures up …. conforming to, permitted by or recognized by law.

    Catholic Exchange Ken Larson 2010

  • No where in the statement does it state the off spring of ALL immigrants are citizens by birth only "Lawful"

    Times Record News Stories 2010

  • When "Lawful" became lawless, Kaczynski didn't just send bombs to people who helped forward technology.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2010

  • No where in the statement does it state the off spring of ALL immigrants are citizens by birth only "Lawful"

    Times Record News Stories 2010

  • No where in the statement does it state the off spring of ALL immigrants are citizens by birth only "Lawful"

    Times Record News Stories 2010

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