1.   A settlement prevents the court from ruling on whether such a merger was legal under the antitrust laws.

2.   But tariffs to stop dumping and agreements like the one reached Wednesday are legal under most circumstances.

3.   But the U.S.-NATO action in Yugoslavia was not technically legal under the old U.N. Charter regime.

4.   Eligibility rules are open enough to make so-called ringers utterly legal under a client clause.

5.   Gingrich has admitted to providing false information to the ethics committee and bringing discredit on the House by failing to ensure his political projects were legal under tax law.

6.   Gingrich has admitted he provided inaccurate information to the ethics committee and brought discredit on the House by not ensuring his political activities were legal under tax law.

7.   Half of the respondents think it should be legal under certain circumstances and only about one person in seven totally opposes abortion under any circumstance.

8.   He could not say whether the crash pad was legal under zoning and housing regulations without a departmental inspection.

9.   It blamed the results on its decision to end relationships with doctors that may not be legal under new government guidelines.

10.   It is also, accountants say, completely legal under the bizarre merger accounting rules now in force.