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Should there be a hyphen between "Law" and "Abiding" in "Law Abiding Citizen," which is the title of a movie that came out in 2009. If not, why not?

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Jasmin165 said:
Should there be a hyphen between "Law" and "Abiding" in "Law Abiding Citizen," which is the title of a movie that came out in 2009. If not, why not?

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I would write it "Law-abiding Citizen".
 
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