Their legal position appears weak: a buyer of illegitimately acquired goods has no one to blame but himself.

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"Any institutions not following this government would be considered to be acting illegitimately and would be prosecuted, " Gen Selim Idriss Idriss told AFP news agency.

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These verdicts suggest the door is now wide open for Vringo and VirnetX to go after other companies who may be illegitimately using their science.

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Liberals, secularists and Copts complained before the referendum that the charter was drafted illegitimately by an Islamist-dominated assembly, and that it neither represented minorities nor protected key freedoms.

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Although Western money has done a great deal to create a modern economy, much of it has been captured by a tiny minority of well-connected Afghan businessmen and politicians, often illegitimately.

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The television advertisements were tough enough, but in radio talk shows and leaflets the Arizona senator was accused of everything from fathering his adopted children illegitimately to betraying American secrets while a prisoner of war.

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But the more serious constitutional problem with the Arizona law is that it illegitimately usurps a federal function given that, as with foreign policy matters, Uncle Sam has ultimate jurisdiction in setting national immigration policy.

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"In today's economic climate, the U.S. Postal Service is simply not in a position to allow Lance Armstrong or any of the other defendants to walk away with the tens of millions of dollars they illegitimately procured, " Machen said.

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