252 examples of lawfully in sentences

"They believe themselves lawfully married.

"They had a variety of adventures, for the Moslem, Dervish, being a remarkably handsome man, was always squabbling with the husbands of Athens; insomuch that four of the principal Turks paid me a visit of remonstrance at the convent, on the subject of his having taken a woman to the bathwhom he had lawfully bought, howevera thing quite contrary to etiquette.

Even homicide is excusable, under Section 1054 of our code, when committed in lawfully correcting a child or servant.

It is our duty to report traitors to the police, that they may be lawfully cared for; to help our militia and volunteers with every comfort and defence; to hold up the arm of government so long as rebels remain.

He also maintained that the endowments of the clergy could be lawfully withdrawn if they were perverted or abused,a bold assertion in his day, but which he professed he was willing to defend, even unto death.

[MN 30th Aug.] He assembled a synod at Westminster, and there complained of the impiety of Stephen's measures, who had employed violence against the dignitaries of the church, and had not awaited the sentence of a spiritual court, by which alone, he affirmed, they could lawfully be tried and condemned, if their conduct had anywise merited censure or punishment.

He rails against none but censurers, against whom he thinks he rails lawfully, and censurers are all those that are better than himself.

Consistently too with the provision of the laws in most slave States, slaves could retain all goods or money lawfully acquired during their servitude provided their master gave his consent.

I would gladly know whether in some Cases a Cudgel may not be allowed as a good Figure of Speech, and whether it may not be lawfully used by a Female Orator.

16,000 This equally divided between Uncles 400- 8000 us three amounts to £20,000 Aunts 10,000 each; and Allowance being 6000- 16,000 given for Enlargement upon Grandmother 900- 18,000 common Fame, we may lawfully Own 1000 each- 3000 pass for £30,000 Fortunes. Total-

With great enthusiasm the people hailed his coming, as, once more prime minister, he summoned the members of parliament lawfully elected in 1915, and took control of the government.

It was easy to foresee that the Marquis de Vauban would not be very willing to part with a prize which he regarded as lawfully acquired, and to which he attached no small value.

Colored ladies have been taught to believe that it was more honorable, and quite as virtuous, to be the kept mistresses of white gentlemen, than the lawfully wedded wives of colored men.

He could not lawfully and properly temporize with a malum in se, ("that which is in itself sin.") If any one doubts, let him take the case of Paul's sending Onesimus back to Philemon, with an apology for his running away, and sending him back to be his servant for life.

No, the priest said, the peasants, like the cattle, were always deeded with the land, and Simon could not lawfully be taken away from his owner.

But, said I, with what conscience can you call these your wives, by whom you have so many children, and yet are not lawfully married?

Twisden: 'He has been lawfully convicted.'

" "Not lawfully; a witness can't be made to give answers that tell ag'in himself.

In a horse, or a woman, I may lawfully cheat my own father: Besides, I know the knight's complexion; he would be sure to follow other women; and all that.

It was all exquisitely, daintily, lawfully Japanese.

[T.S.]] I will tell you the meaning in all this; the priests dispute every point in the Christian religion, as well as almost every text in the Bible; and the force of my argument lies here, that whatever point is disputed by one or two divines, however condemned by the Church, not only that particular point, but the whole article to which it relates, may lawfully be received or rejected by any freethinker.

The tenth article runs thus:"Item, that no person or persons that keepeth or that hereafter shall keep any cook's-shop, shall also keep a common ale-house (except every such person shall be lawfully licensed thereunto), upon pain to have and receive such punishment, and pay such fine, as by the statute in that case is made and provided.

As a result of this form of matrimony at emancipation there were no slaves lawfully married.

All which you and they may do, and perform lawfully and effectually, as they might and ought to do, had the said officers been appointed by us.

One might as lawfully say he is "conscious" that there is a man in the moon, or that the color of his neighbor's hair is due to a dye.

252 examples of  lawfully  in sentences