legal ground

Then he would have no legal ground under him at all.

To be sure, any investigation of a sitting President is difficult legal ground.

There is really solid legal ground for what we do.

The decision was taken without giving any legal grounds for it.

The company makes its stand on legal grounds, not moral ones.

Given that, we claim there is no legal ground for this trial.

The legal ground of the new information battles is less familiar.

On a legal ground "Rubin" took his place among them.

The President had ample legal grounds to move on his own.

Just making arrests with no legal ground will make some turn violent.

In between the two trials, though, the legal ground had shifted.

"If they decided to bring the suit, then there must be sound legal grounds for it."

Other countries may still be able to bring top leaders to justice on firm moral and legal grounds.

Whatever the social debate, the laws rest on shaky legal ground.

"Anyone can bring a lawsuit, but we are on good legal ground.

The Burton committee appears to be on solid legal ground.

Such evidence is not needed on technical, moral or legal grounds.

"We might not be on firm legal ground here," Howard said.

"Do you have any legal grounds on which to refuse him?"

It was an informal meeting because there were no legal grounds.

The verdict breaks no new legal ground and is still subject to review.

"She's not going to rush to break new legal ground if she doesn't have to," this lawyer said.

This proposal, too, seems to be on shaky legal ground.

Now the insurers for the two concerns are themselves positioned to break new legal ground.

"At the same time, we have no legal grounds for direct action.