After winning support from the local army commander, General Machado Lopes, Brizola forged a pool of radio stations in Rio Grande do Sul, the so-called " cadeia da legalidade " ( legality chain ), issuing a nationwide call from Palácio Piratini denouncing the intentions behind the Cabinet ministers ' actions and conclaimimg common citizens to go into the streets protesting.

Clark and W. Harrison Moore, who had contributed to the first draft of the constitution put before the 1897 Adelaide Convention and was Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, postulated that the letters patent and the royal instructions issued by Queen Victoria were unnecessary " or even of doubtful legality ".

Likewise the notorious Lafitte brothers in New Orleans cruised under letters of marque secured by bribery from corrupt officials of tenuous Central American governments, or the briefly sovereign nation of Texas, to cloak plunder with a thin veil of legality.

In June 2003 he wrote letters to the governor and attorney general of Florida, asking them to review the legality of a program for teenagers of a Lake Como nudist resort in Land o ’ Lakes, Florida.

On the other hand, although the British did not recognize the legality of American letters of marque they could not make good on threats to execute captured privateers for piracy without inviting reprisals against British prisoners of war.

The purpose of these letters was to seek advice “ not only on the educational side, but on the highly important matter of the legality of a Connecticut-Colony-granted charter, and if that were to be legal, what should it contain ”.

It is the business of the pope to look after the interests of the Roman empire, since the empire derives its origin and its final authority from the papacy ; its origin, because it was originally transferred from Greece by and for the sake of the papacy ... its final authority, because the emperor is raised to his position by the pope who blesses him, crowns him and invests him with the empire .... Therefore, since three persons have lately been elected king by different parties, namely the youth son of Henry VI, Philip Hohenstaufen, brother of Henry VI, and Otto Brunswick, of the Welf family, so also three things must be taken into account in regard to each one, namely: the legality, the suitability and the expediency of his election ...... Far be it from us that we should defer to man rather than to God, or that we should fear the countenance of the powerful .... On the foregoing grounds, then, we decide that the youth should not at present be given the empire ; we utterly reject Philip for his manifest unfitness and we order his usurpation to be resisted by all .... since Otto is not only himself devoted to the church, but comes from devout ancestors on both sides ..... therefore we decree that he ought to be accepted and supported as king, and ought to be given the crown of empire, after the rights of the Roman church have been secured.

The legality of his doosra was first called into question in 2004.

The legality of the decision to put Railtrack into railway administration was challenged by the smaller Railtrack Private Shareholders Action Group.

:... the American Government deems it to be its duty to notify both the Imperial Japanese Government and the Government of the Chinese Republic that it cannot admit the legality of any situation de facto nor does it intend to recognize any treaty or agreement entered into between those Governments, or agents thereof, which may impair the treaty rights of the United States or its citizens in China, including those that relate to the sovereignty, the independence, or the territorial and administrative integrity of the Republic of China, or to the international policy relative to China, commonly known as the open door policy ...

This principle was used to overturn police regulations on custody and repatriation and has been used to call into question the legality of re-education through labor.

During a debate on the legality on the 11 January 2012, UK Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes Mark Lancaster, Conservative, stated importation of Khat into the UK stands at 10 tonnes every week.

Rosa Luxemburg had a different view, criticizing the Belgian Labour Party for perceived tactical incompetence: A general strike forged in advance within the fetters of legality is like a war demonstration with cannons dumped into a river within the very sight of the enemy.

Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent entry of the United States into World War II, the U. S. House of Representatives held hearings on the legality of wiretapping for national defense.

However, since the Court rejected the presented request of the appellants, it did not go into details concerning the controversial questions of the legality of the process in which the new Constitution ( Annex IV ) came to power, and replaced the former Constitution of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On April 14, while group of at least 200 and several buses pro-Palestinian activists were riding bicycles in a silent protest ( while the legality of the action is still unclear as some news agencies state the cyclists got a permition to protest but other state no permit was given ), they were stopped by Israeli soldiers before entering into highway 90, and asked not to continue for their own safety.

Complaints had been made about the legality of Dagobert's appointment, and when the pope sent a legate, Maurice, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto, to enquire into the situation, Baldwin accused Dagobert of treachery for urging Bohemond to oppose Baldwin's succession.

According to a January 10, 2007 episode of the news and commentary program Democracy Now !, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics ( CRE ) called for a congressional investigation into the legality of broadcasting Radio and TV Marti over commercial airwaves from southern Florida.

Further, Woods declined to allow CICA to examine the legality of the court orders that committed the child inmates for decades into the industrial school system.

But de facto, the federation of independent tribes became subsumed into a new political body after 1840, regardless of the legality or legitimacy of this process.

Some Centre politicians were soothed by Hitler's strategy of legality into downplaying the Nazi threat.

His career was initially affected by investigations into the legality of his bowling action, as well as several disciplinary incidents.

Cable companies saw this regulation as an unlawful intrusion by the federal government into their business practices, and immediately started challenging the legality of these new rules.

It was a clear victory for Somersett, Sharp and the lawyers who acted for Somersett: Mansfield had acknowledge that English law did not allow slavery, and only a new Act of Parliament (" positive law ") could bring it into legality.

They argued that, by calling into question whether swaps and other OTC derivatives were “ futures ”, the CFTC was calling into question the legality of security related OTC derivatives for which the CFTC could not grant exemptions ( as described in Section 1. 1. 2 above ) and, more broadly, undermining an “ implicit agreement ” not to raise the question of the CEA ’ s coverage of swaps and other established OTC derivatives.

While the Southern sympathisers believed they were engaging in an act of war because they had an official letter of marquee from the Confederacy, as the investigation into the affair unfolded, it was discovered there was no legality to their letter.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act resulted from extensive investigations by Senate Committees into the legality of domestic intelligence activities.

This lag made the Huguenot worship interrupted by Francis, Duke of Guise at Wassy (" Vassy ") of questionable legality as there was no consensus on when a law came into effect.

For example, the question of the legality and morality of a widower who wished to marry his deceased wife's sister was the subject of long and fierce debate in the United Kingdom in the 19th century, involving, among others, Matthew Boulton.

Secondly, one must regard the question of legality of unconstitutional acts, such as violating the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

The legality of this practice is still in question and while a number of copyright holders have explicitly objected to the posting of their software, others have given their permission for their games to be archived as part of the preservation project.

" During the Vietnam War, courts typically refused to excuse the perpetrators of illegal protests from punishment on the basis of their challenging the legality of the Vietnam War ; the courts ruled it was a political question.

While the tribunal does adhere to Nuremburg-style process and rules of evidence, critics question its legality and legitimacy.

In the World War II era, the public was also aware of the controversy over the question of the constitutionality and legality of wiretapping.

When faced with the question of the legality of her election, Enochs reportedly dared anyone present to challenge her in court.

In a letter sent to Maharajah Hari Singh on 27 October 1947, the then Governor-General of India, Lord Mountbatten accepted the accession with a remark, “ it is my Government's wish that as soon as law and order have been restored in Kashmir and her soil cleared of the invader the question of the State's accession should be settled by a reference to the people .” Lord Mountbatten ’ s remark and the offer made by the Government of India to conduct a plebiscite or referendum to determine the future status of Kashmir led to a dispute between India and Pakistan regarding the legality of the accession of Kashmir to India.

The question whether the person is under arrest or not depends not on the legality of the arrest, but on whether the person has been deprived of personal liberty of movement.

* votepair. org's response to the question of the legality of vote pairing

In the controversy which arose between the Houses on the question of the legality of the decision of the court of King's Bench regarding Titus Oates, and of the action of the Lords in sustaining this decision, Somers was again the leading manager for the Commons, and has left a clear and interesting account of the debates.

The war reference is a method used by Fleming to differentiate good from evil and raises a question about " the distinction between criminality and legality ", according to Black.

Examples of bias given by the authors include the failure of the media to question the legality of the Vietnam War while greatly emphasizing the Soviet war in Afghanistan as an act of aggression.

My criticism on all my compatriots is that why are they allowing the legitimacy and legality of this Loya Jerga come under question with the presence of those felons who brought our country to this state.

The question has been raised of how such works can continue to exist, or such organizations to flourish, when they do so with questionable legality.

Similar cases of exonerated men have recently arisen, putting the legality of Wade's practices in question.

International Labour Organization covenants do not address the legality of closed shop provisions, leaving the question up to each individual nation.

In the UN Charter, the ROC, like the USSR, is still listed, but it does not mean that the legality of the Resolution 2758 is under question, because the PRC, like Russia, was deemed a successor state, and thus an original member.

The issue is largely settled in Sweden and the question of the legality of abortion is not a highly controversial political issue.