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lawfully

adverb as in rightly

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The Trump administration describes the creation of a national stockpile of digital assets, potentially including cryptocurrencies the federal government lawfully seized from criminals, in a January executive order.

The order called on the group to "evaluate the potential creation and maintenance of a national digital asset stockpile" that could use "cryptocurrencies lawfully seized by the Federal Government through its law enforcement efforts".

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Lawyers for the parole board told Lady Haldane that the organisation acted lawfully.

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A man who was fatally shot by armed officers after entering a police station car park holding a knife and a bag with a cat inside was lawfully killed, an inquest has found.

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ICE agents cannot lawfully enter private areas without permission or a warrant signed by a state or federal judge.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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