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Lawful Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lawful? [adj] conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent" [adj] authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government" [adj] having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king" [adj] according to custom or rule or natural law Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lawful: law-abiding \| legitimate \| licit \| observant \| orderly \| regular \| rightful(a) \| rule-governed \| true(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lawful: actionable \| admissible \| allowable \| allowed \| applicable \| authentic \| authoritative \| authorized \| balanced \| binding \| bona fide \| candid \| card-carrying \| cogent \| competent \| consistent \| constitutional \| de jure \| defensible \| deserved \| dinkum \| due \| equitable \| even \| evenhanded \| fair \| fair and square \| fit \| following the letter \| genuine \| good \| honest \| honest-to-God \| inartificial \| judicial \| juridical \| just \| justiciable \| justifiable \| justified \| kosher \| lawmaking \| legal \| legislative \| legit \| legitimate \| legitimized \| level \| licit \| lifelike \| literal \| logical \| meet \| meet and right \| merited \| natural \| naturalistic \| original \| permissible \| permitted \| proper \| pure \| real \| realistic \| right \| right and proper \| rightful \| sanctionable \| sanctioned \| self-consistent \| simon-pure \| simple \| sincere \| solid \| sound \| square \| statutory \| sterling \| substantial \| sufficient \| sure-enough \| true to life \| true to nature \| true to reality \| unadulterated \| unaffected \| unassumed \| unassuming \| uncolored \| unconcocted \| uncopied \| uncounterfeited \| undisguised \| undisguising \| undistorted \| unexaggerated \| unfabricated \| unfanciful \| unfeigned \| unfeigning \| unfictitious \| unflattering \| unimagined \| unimitated \| uninvented \| unpretended \| unpretending \| unqualified \| unromantic \| unsimulated \| unspecious \| unsynthetic \| unvarnished \| valid \| verbal \| verbatim \| veridical \| verisimilar \| warrantable \| warranted \| weighty \| well-founded \| well-grounded \| within the law \| word-for-word See Also \| legal \| straight Lawful In Webster's Dictionary \Law"ful\, a. 1. Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent. 2. Constituted or authorized 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. Note: In some of the States, and for some purposes, a woman attains lawful age at eighteen. --Abbott. Syn: Legal; constitutional; allowable; regular; rightful. Usage: {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. -- {Law"fully}, adv. -- {Law"fulness}, n.

Lawful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lawful?

[adj] conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"
[adj] authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government"
[adj] having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"
[adj] according to custom or rule or natural law

See Also | legal | straight

Lawful In Webster's Dictionary

\Law"ful\, a.
1. Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.

2. Constituted or authorized 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.



Note: In some of the States, and for some purposes, a woman
      attains lawful age at eighteen. --Abbott.

Syn: Legal; constitutional; allowable; regular; rightful.

Usage: {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. --
       {Law"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Law"ful*ness}, n.

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