1. It has retained wide legal and economic powers since being handed back to China in 1997.

2. They also contend that he had poor legal counsel during his trial in 2000.

3. The criminal charges are in addition to a separate legal case relating to the same matter in 2013.

4. Because of that they now have no legal grounds to continue broadcasting starting April 1.

5. The legal battle has been quite a saga since it began back in 2011.

6. Online gambling occupied a legal gray area until a federal crackdown in 2011.

7. Medical cannabis has been legal in the country since 2001.

8. A legal immigrant who is not a citizen, she came to this country from El Salvador in 1990.

9. He was stopped by the legal limit on total contributions to candidates, which now stands at $48,600.

10. Bourque, who was represented by a court appointed legal aid attorney, is due back in court July 3.

11. This is not an issue that has a clear legal answer.

12. They are yet to hear how much they will have to pay in legal costs.

13. His legal team has declined to say whether there will be an appeal.

14. The information technology and legal departments might have something to say about that.

15. The city will now take the legal steps needed for that to happen.