How to Use legality in a Sentence
legality
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Trump appealed the legality of the move, and the case came before the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2025
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The court is set to weigh the legality of the state's new law in a hearing set for Thursday.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2021
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The defense argued that the trio had no reason to doubt the legality of the pages.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
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Through means that straddle the line of legality, Chuck gets his hands on one of the drives.
—Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2022
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The 2018 farm bill legalized hemp and paved the way for the legality of THC drinks.
—Erik Ofgang, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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Three states asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up the plan's legality.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
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For his part, Biden has questioned the legality of such a move.
—Roya Wolverson, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2021
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That led critics to question the legality of the project.
—Time, 12 Jan. 2023
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Their lawyer is planning to challenge the legality of the act.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 2 Dec. 2020
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Any lawyer who has to insist on the legality of a scheme is probably not on the up and up.
—David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2020
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Lawsuits were filed and, in one case, a state judge has questioned the legality of the order.
—Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
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There is a pending Supreme Court case about the legality of the program, which the court could take up early in 2021.
—Michelle Hackman, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2020
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Take a look at a map outlining the current legality of cannabis in the U.S.
—Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2022
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Meanwhile, Democrats pushed back on the legalities of the bill, saying the case law isn’t settled.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2023
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The court will rule only on the standing of the companies and trade groups to sue, not on the legality of the 2013 EPA waiver at the center of the fight.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Here's what to know about kratom, its side effects, how it's sold and its legality.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
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The legality of mail-in voting from home differs from state to state.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
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Van Brunt said the ministry confirmed the legality of the hiring.
—Justin Scheck, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
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But the legality of the search was disputed in Texas courts and David was freed on bond during the appeal.
—Edward Kiersh, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2023
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In Libya, many questioned the legality of how he was picked up, just months after his release from a Libyan prison, and sent to the U.S..
—Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
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Part of the question about the legality of the shooting was based on the potential lethality of the Taser.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
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Bodies hit the boards, hits blurred the line of legality, and scuffles set the tone for a game in which both teams wanted to send a message.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2021
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As soon as Wednesday, the Supreme Court is expected to uphold the legality of the ban.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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The hold up, Bialik said, is legalities that have come about with mergers and such.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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Thedecision about the legality of the mandate has been sent back to the Sixth Circuit.
—Katie Jennings, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
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Some states have banned the sale of Delta 8, while others have not yet addressed its legality.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
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The legality of this sale hinges on whether the home was purchased at fair market value.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 10 Dec. 2020
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In fact, courts across the country have upheld its legality time and again.
—Lawrence G. Keane, National Review, 13 Aug. 2021
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But the move has caused Niger, the country in West Africa where the space rock was initially found, to question the legality of its export.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
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This move, called impoundment, would be controversial, and its legality would likely have to be adjudicated in the courts.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
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