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1. (adj.) lawful
allowed by law:
a lawful enterprise.
2. lawful
sanctioned by law; legitimate:
a lawful heir.
3. lawful
appointed or recognized by law; legally qualified:
a lawful king.
4. lawful
acting or living according to the law; law-abiding.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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| Definition of 'lawful' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) lawful
conformable to or allowed by law
"lawful methods of dissent"
2. (adj) lawful, rule-governed
according to custom or rule or natural law
3. (adj) true(a), lawful, rightful(a)
having a legally established claim
"the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"
4. (adj) lawful, legitimate, licit
authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
"a legitimate government"
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1. (adjective) lawful
≠ unlawful
a lawful use of the drug
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) lawful
conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent
2. (adj) lawful
constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands
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Sense: (negativeunlawful) allowed by law
He was attacked while going about his lawful business.
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 Afrikaans: regmatige |
 Arabic: قانوني |
 Bulgarian: законен |
 Brazilian: lícito |
 Czech: legální |
 German: gesetzmäßig |
 Danish: lovlig |
 Greek: νόμιμος |
 Spanish: legal, lícito |
 Estonian: seaduslik |
 Farsi: قانونی |
 Finnish: laillinen |
 French: légitime |
 Hebrew: חוּקִי |
 Hindi: कानूनी |
 Croatian: nezakonit |
 Hungarian: törvényes |
 Indonesian: sesuai hukum |
 Icelandic: löglegur |
 Italian: legittimo, lecito |
 Japanese: 合法的な |
 Korean: 법이 인정하는 |
 Lithuanian: įstatymiškas |
 Latvian: likumīgs |
 Malay: sah |
 Dutch: wettig |
 Norwegian: lovlig, rettmessig |
 Polish: legalny |
 Persian: قانونی |
 Pashto: قانونى بڼه لرل |
 Portuguese: lícito |
 Romanian: legal |
 Russian: законный |
 Slovak: zákonný |
 Slovenian: zakonit |
 Serbian: zakonit |
 Swedish: laglig |
 Thai: ผิดกฏหมาย |
 Turkish: yasal, kanunî |
 Taiwanese: 依法的 |
 Ukrainian: законний |
 Urdu: قانونا جائز |
 Vietnamese: đúng luật |
 Chinese: 依法的 |
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