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Definition of Lawful
1. Adjective. Conformable to or allowed by law. "Lawful methods of dissent"
Similar to: Law-abiding, Observant
Also: Legal, Square, Straight
Derivative terms: Lawfulness
Antonyms: Unlawful
2. Adjective. According to custom or rule or natural law.
3. Adjective. Having a legally established claim. "The true and lawful king"
4. Adjective. Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law. "A legitimate government"
Definition of Lawful
1. a. Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
Definition of Lawful
1. Adjective. Conforming to, permitted by, or recognised by law or rules. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lawful
1. allowed by law (the body of rules governing the affairs of a community) [adj] : LAWFULLY [adv]
Medical Definition of Lawful
1. 1. Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent. 2. Constituted or authorised by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands. Lawful age, the age when the law recognizes one's right of independent action; majority; generally the age of twenty-one years. In some of the States, and for some purposes, a woman attains lawful age at eighteen. Synonym: Legal, constitutional, allowable, regular, rightful. Lawful, Legal. Lawful means conformable to the principle, spirit, or essence of the law, and is applicable to moral as well as juridical law. Legal means conformable to the letter or rules of the law as it is administered in the courts; conformable to juridical law. Legal is often used as antithetical to equitable, but lawful is seldom used in that sense. Lawfully, Lawfulness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawful
Literary usage of Lawful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1903)
"... should his wife not marry again, at her death all the property should "be
equally divided among our children and their lawful heirs, and should one of ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"The repetition of the conjunction and also makes the harmony of the language more
equal; “and love, and quiet life, and lawful rule, and right supre.. ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"At the maturity of the bond it was greatly less, not more than one twentieth of
that of lawful money. The Confederacy was then in the throes of dissolution; ..."
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