And in the last week, Federal officials offered a legal justification, while emphasizing that they had not reached any conclusions.

Iraq's actions, however, can rarely find legal or moral justification.

We'd have to hold a public hearing, and we didn't have any legal justification.

It is not clear whether the secretary would have a legal justification for blocking the project, but he could at least delay a final decision.

This would also help with the legal justification for the use of force.

"Because he had a gun, the perfect legal justification to kill me, and I'm alive."

Can someone explain to me the legal justification for any complaints like this?

Everyone was eager to present a legal justification for the capture.

For the public, one needs, of course, a trial and legal justification.

You said that there is no legal justification for this.