If any one can show just cause why they may not be lawfully joined together, let them speak now or forever hold their peace.
Yes,um,do you,Eric,take Vanessa to be your lawfully wedded wife.
(1929 - 1968), Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963 Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good; and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.