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Consular cards were not designed to be identification and no treaty recognizes them as such. Legal travelers, visitors and long-term residents carried passports, visas or green cards for that purpose.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Legal Definition

(a.) Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.

(a.) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.

(a.) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.

(a.) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

Not upholding a persons legal rights is a form of abuse. Unfortunately, USA government abuse of the general public is a normal state of affairs in many areas.

Someday I’ll be a lawyer… someday I’ll bring justice to people who need it. Lawyers are either legalized liars… or saviors of the truth.

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.

From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition.

I write in longhand on yellow legal pads.

As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

It’s not some romanticized Atticus Finch-type picnic. You’d probably love it, the whole risk of it all, but it’s not without a price. Out there in this city when you pass the bar, it’s all broken drea...

To achieve the impossible, you must attempt the absurd

It is unreasonable to expect a known corrupt law enforcement department to uphold your legal rights.

In my book, I detail the critical information we obtained from al Qaeda terrorists after they became compliant following a short period of enhanced interrogation. I have no doubt that that interrogati...

It is simply a fact that the birth rate of our illegal immigrants exceeds that of our legal residents.

Producing laws is not an easier job than producing cars and food, so if the government is incompetent to produce cars or food, why do you expect it to do a good job producing the legal system within w...

Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause.